Books written by Robert W. Jenson
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Reclaiming the Bible for the Church
The essays in this volume address from various perspectives the notorious gap between the historical critical approach to the study of the Bible and the church's liturgical and dogmatic transmission of biblical faith.
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Systematic Theology: Volume 2: The Works of God
This is the second and concluding volume of the work. Here, Jenson considers the works of God, examining such topics as the nature and role of the Church, and God's works of creation.
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A Theology in Outline: Can These Bones Live?
Can the story that God lives with his people be told today? From first to last the chapters of this book proceed under the impelling pressure of this question.
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Theology as Revisionary Metaphysics: Essays on God and Creation
The philosophical underpinnings of our theological traditions have cracked under the weight of modern scrutiny. Robert Jenson is a theologian who has embraced the critique of inherited metaphysics
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Lutheranism: The Theological Movement and Its Confessional Writings
This useful guide offers a critical appraisal of a theological movement within the church catholic.
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A Map of Twentieth-Century Theology: Readings from Karl Barth to Radical Pluralism
... it ? We are aware of something like the tremors of an earthquake or like the ceaseless thundering of ocean waves against thin dikes ; but what really is it that 21 KARL BARTH 2. Karl Barth, The Strange New World within the Bible.
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Sin, Death, and the Devil
Far from being pessimistic, however, the authors affirm God's victory over these enslaving powers through the proclamation of the gospel and the sacraments of the church."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Trinity and the Spirit: Two Essays from Christian Dogmatics
It rapidly took its place among the top multi-volume theologies and became a foundational text for generations of theological and ministerial students.
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Mary, Mother of God
In the wake of new interest in Mary following Vatican II and recent ecumenical dialogues, this volume seeks to makes clear that Mariology is properly related to Christ and his church in ways that can and should be meaningful for all ...
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Song of Songs
... die upon a kiss . " The connection between love and death is located in that dual nature of love as both gift , agape , and desire , eras , which underlies our whole exposition of the Song . Insofar as love is gift , to love is not to ...
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The Triune Story: Collected Essays on Scripture
In this book, all of Jenson's writings on Scripture and its interpretation have been collected for the first time.