Background
Countryman, Louis William was born on October 21, 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Louis and Bera Sue Frances Countryman.
(This new revised edition, of the landmark 1988 text, incl...)
This new revised edition, of the landmark 1988 text, includes updated text and notes throughout, taking advantage of recent studies of sexual ethics and, where appropriate, criticizing them. A new chapter engages the presumed "ethic of creation7#34; that has become a major theme among more conservative thinkers and writers in biblical ethics. A concluding chapter on sex is thoroughly rewritten and offers a positive statement of a New Testament sexual ethic.
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(Conducting a thorough examination of sexual ethics in the...)
Conducting a thorough examination of sexual ethics in the New Testament, this work argues that the New Testament writers did not construct a new sexual ethic from the ground up, but took over existing cultural patterns and refocused them, pushing some elements from the centre to the periphery. This suggests a pattern of ethics for contemporary life. Discussing biblical notions of purity and property, which dominate ethical ideas in the New Testament, the author characterizes sex as one of the rich blessings of creation, "to be received with delight and thanksgiving". Countryman's generous and eirenic views on sexual matters, based as they are on solid biblical research, are a welcome intervention in an area which unfortunately, in Christian circles, tends still to be dominated by conservatism and misinformation, rather than by liberal principle.
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Here is a sustained literary-critical reading of John's Gospel in terms of mystical theology. Arguing that John "is guiding, perhaps at times impelling, the reader along a path that leads from conversion through Christian initiation to mystical enlightenment and union," Professor Countryman suggests that this concern controls the Gospel's literary structure and unity. He demonstrates this argument through a fresh and readable translation of the Fourth Gospel, offering a new way of reading John that has direct relevance to Christian life today.The chapters in the book follow the progress of the would-be mystic from initial conversion through baptism and Eucharist to mystical enlightenment. In addition to this mystical program, and integrated with the narrative of the Gospel, is a theological interpretation of Jesus which explains why he is centrally important for the mystic."An appealing and attractive interpretation that deserves close attention." —Adris NewsletterL.William Countryman is Professor of New Testament at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific and the author of many books, including Good News of Jesus, The Language of Ordination, and Biblical Authority or Biblical Tyranny — all published by Trinity Press International.
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Discusses early Christian attitudes towards wealth, including the writings of Clement of Alexandria and Cyprian of Carthage on the subject, and such topics as redemptive almsgiving, stewardship of time and treasures, and the danger of riches for both possessor and church.
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Countryman, Louis William was born on October 21, 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Louis and Bera Sue Frances Countryman.
AB, University of Chicago, 1962; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1977; STB, General Theological Seminary, 1965.
Curate St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Ardmore, Oklahoma, 1965-1967. Rector St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Logan, Ohio, 1968-1972. Professor Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, 1976-1979.
Professor Brite Divinity School Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, 1979-1983. Professor Church Divinty School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, since 1983.
(Conducting a thorough examination of sexual ethics in the...)
(Conducting a thorough examination of sexual ethics in the...)
(Discusses early Christian attitudes towards wealth, inclu...)
(This new revised edition, of the landmark 1988 text, incl...)
(Here is a sustained literary-critical reading of John's G...)
(Sexual Studies, Biblical Studies)
(Paperback)
Member North America Patristics Society, Society Biblical Literature.