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Judith Perkins, Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era.

guest — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:34:41 +0000

Judith Perkins, Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era, Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies (London/New York: Routledge, 2009).

Christian identity construction in the early imperial period is is a focus of this study.

Heilige Letters en Lettergrepen

guest — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:03:45 +0000

Benno A. Zuiddam, Heilige Letters en Lettergrepen. De functie en het karakter van Schriftgezag in de tweede eeuw, zoals dit naar voren komt in de werken van Ignatius van Antiochië, Irenaeus van Lyon en Clemens van Alexandrië, Importantia (Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Teologia, 2007).

The author reports the following about the book: The book is on Scripture authority in post-Apostolic Church. One of its main conclusions is that the primary sources argue against community theology in favour of a religous experience or sense of revelation.

New Book

guest — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:11:22 +0000

I’m happy to announce the publication of my new book:
J. Jayakiran Sebastian, Enlivening the Past: An Asian Theologian’s Engagement with the Early Teachers of Faith (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009).
Thanks to friends at NAPS, especially Dr Charles Bobertz, who encouraged me to do this.

Paul R. Kolbet Publishes Book

guest — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:10:47 +0000

Boston College Professor Publishes Book

NOTRE DAME, IN, December 15, 2009 theology at Boston College, has published a new book AUGUSTINE AND THE
CURE OF SOULS: Revising a Classical Ideal. In this study, Kolbet crosses
the boundaries of ancient philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, and theology
to examine the ancient practice of the “cure of the soul” and to chart
its Christian appropriation by Augustine.

AUGUSTINE AND THE CURE OF SOULS is published by the University of Notre
Dame Press. Click here for more information:

http://undpress.nd.edu/book/P01337

Contact: Kathryn Pitts, Marketing Manager, University of Notre Dame
Press, p. 574.631-3267, e. pitts.5@nd.edu

“Let the Little Children Come to Me:” Childhood & Children in Early Christianity

Secretary-Treasurer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:36:14 +0000

Cornelia B. Horn and John W. Martens, “Let the Little Children Come to Me:” Childhood and Children in early Christianity (Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2009).

Brepols Publishers announces Corpus Christianorum in Translation

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:12:30 +0000

Brepols Publishers announces Corpus Christianorum in Translation, translations of Greek and Latin patristic and medieval texts edited in the Corpus Christianorum series. The first volumes, which will include translations of works by Jerome, Andrew of St. Victor and Maximus the Confessor, are scheduled to appear in the fall of 2009. More information can be found at http://www.corpuschristianorum.org/series/cct.html.

The Mythological Traditions of Liturgical Drama

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:11:08 +0000

Christine Schnusenberg, The Mythological Traditions of Liturgical Drama (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2009).

Romans & Christians AD 64: An Intergenerational Catechetical Experience of Martyrdom & persecution in the Early Church

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:10:44 +0000

Andrea Lorenzo Molinari, Romans and Christians AD 64: An Intergenerational Catechetical Experience of Martyrdom and persecution in the the Early Church (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2008).

Intrepid Lover of Perfect Grace: The Life & Thought of Prosper of Aquitaine

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:09:46 +0000

Alex Hwang, Intrepid Lover of Perfect Grace: The Life and Thought of Prosper of Aquitaine (CUA Press, May/June 2009).

God Knows There’s Need: Christian Responses to Poverty

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:09:17 +0000

Susan R. Holman, God Knows There’s Need: Christian Responses to Poverty (NY: Oxford University Press, 2009).