Scripture: A Very Theological Proposal

by Angus Paddison

Overview

To identify the biblical texts as 'Scripture' is to make a series of specific claims about this text: that it is drawn into the activity of the triune God of Israel; that its ultimate destination is the worshipping church; and that it has a ministry in shaping Christian thinking and acting.

Scripture: A Very Theological Proposal advances that the resources for reading Scripture, understanding its claims, and acting upon them will be found by looking to the church's life and doctrines. Reading Scripture with a host of theologians, Paddison proposes a hermeneutic appropriate to reading Scripture both as divine address and the book of the church. The book positions itself by resisting accounts in which Scripture's relationship to God and its life within the church are understood competitively, as if the more we attend to one the less we are attending to the other. Chapters further explore a doctrine of Scripture and the relationship of ethics, doctrine, and preaching to Scripture. A final chapter asks, can, or should, Scripture be read in the university?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567034243
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/09/2009
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Angus Paddison is Theology Lecturer in the University of Winchester, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Locating Scripture


Chapter Two: Scripture, the church, ethics: why we need no 'and'
Chapter Three: Scripture and doctrine or, there's no such thing as sola Scriptura and it's a good thing too
Chapter Four: Preaching and Scripture
Chapter Five: Scripture, participation, and universities
Indexes

Editorial Reviews

'Paddison's lively and thoroughly-informed book articulates a set of well-digested theological convictions about the nature of Scripture and the tasks of its interpreters. For clarity, penetration and purposefulness, the book has few equals, and it will surely prompt its readers to fresh attention to Scripture's place in God's saving communication.' - John Webster, King's College, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Â

'Very theological indeed. Â Paddison gives us a vigorous argument in favor of doctrine as the guide to biblical interpretation, and the church as the fitting context. Â Plenty to chew over for anyone interested in reading the bible as the Word of God.' - R. R. Reno, Â Department of Theology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA.

'Paddison brings together a variety of recent voices on scripture, some well known and some not so well known, to present a bold and robust theological vision of the Bible's place in God's economy, and thus in the church's life of worship, mission, and contemplation.' - Telford Work, Religious Studies, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

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