Background
William Johnson was born on July 13, 1956, in Pinehurst, North Carolina, the United States.
(Moving beyond traditional ways of reading Karl Barth, Wil...)
Moving beyond traditional ways of reading Karl Barth, William Stacy Johnson proposes an approach that makes Barth relevant for the postmodern period. Recognizing Barth's insight that God is mystery, he suggests that theology is best seen not as a restating of old orthodoxies but as an ongoing response to that divine mystery. Johnson's reassessment of Barth opens exciting possibilities for a new appropriation of Barth's insights for contemporary theology and the church. The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology represents a joint commitment by Columbia Theological Seminary and Westminster John Knox Press to provide theological resources from the Reformed tradition for the church today. This series examines theological and ethical issues that confront church and society in our own particular time and place.
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1997
(This book brings together the best of the unpublished wor...)
This book brings together the best of the unpublished works of H. Richard Niebuhr, one of the outstanding American religious thinkers of this century. The collection includes lectures, sermons, and essays, some of which Niebuhr delivered at major universities to general audiences, and others that he prepared for circulation and discussion among colleagues at Yale and elsewhere. Contemporaneous events, religious figures, important issues in theology, and interpretations of American history and culture―all engaged Niebuhr's broad-ranging interest and revealed his concern with integrating theology and practical living. For those approaching the author's work for the first time, this volume opens the way; for readers already familiar with his concerns, it invites a deeper understanding of his theology. The collection will enrich contemporary public theological discussion, adding Niebuhr's confessionally grounded yet publicly focused voice to the conversation. Richard R. Niebuhr contributes a Foreword in which he recollects his father and offers insights from private writings, and William Stacy Johnson's Introduction orients the reader to Niebuhr's life and work, locating his writings in appropriate theological and historical contexts. This book brings together the best of the unpublished works of H. Richard Niebuhr, one of the outstanding American religious thinkers of this century. The collection includes lectures, sermons, and essays, some of which Niebuhr delivered at major universities to general audiences, and others that he prepared for circulation and discussion among colleagues at Yale and elsewhere. Contemporaneous events, religious figures, important issues in theology, and interpretations of American history and culture―all engaged Niebuhr's broad-ranging interest and revealed his concern with integrating theology and practical living. For those approaching the author's work for the first time, this volume opens the way; for readers already familiar with his concerns, it invites a deeper understanding of his theology. The collection will enrich contemporary public theological discussion, adding Niebuhr's confessionally grounded yet publicly focused voice to the conversation. Richard R. Niebuhr contributes a Foreword in which he recollects his father and offers insights from private writings, and William Stacy Johnson's Introduction orients the reader to Niebuhr's life and work, locating his writings in appropriate theological and historical contexts.
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1998
(As rhetoric continues to heat up on both sides of the deb...)
As rhetoric continues to heat up on both sides of the debate over same-gender unions, clearly reasoned statements are in short supply. Watching this debate unfold, William Stacy Johnson found that he could be silent no longer. The result is this finely honed book. In A Time to Embrace Johnson presents a brilliant analysis of the religious, legal, and political stakes in the debates over gay marriage, civil unions, and the place of committed gay couples in a democratic society. Carefully weighing the pros and cons from across th emoral and religious spectrum, Johnson here offers a fresh, thought-provoking examination of one of the most controversial issues in the West today.
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2006
(Many would argue that a true understanding of contemporar...)
Many would argue that a true understanding of contemporary Christian thought is impossible without a basic understanding of Calvin's contributions. William Stacy Johnson, a leading Presbyterian theologian, offers this clear and fundamental study of Calvin's insights as a primer for those with little or no knowledge of his work. This volume, enhanced with questions for discussion and a handy glossary, is sure to be an invaluable resource for those who seek an accessible way into a deeper understanding of Calvin's impact on the development of Christian faith and on society.
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2009
(Over three years of study and fellowship, sixteen Muslim,...)
Over three years of study and fellowship, sixteen Muslim, Jewish, and Christian scholars sought to answer one question: “Do our three scriptures unite or divide us?” They offer their answers in this book: sixteen essays on how certain ways of reading scripture may draw us apart and other ways may draw us, together, into the source that each tradition calls peace. Reading scriptural sources in the classical and medieval traditions, the authors examine how each tradition addresses the “other” within its tradition and without, how all three traditions attend to poverty as a societal and spiritual condition, and what it means to read scripture while facing the challenges of modernity. Ochs and Johnson have assembled a unique approach to inter-religious scholarship and a rare look at scriptural study as a pathway to peace. Over three years of study and fellowship, sixteen Muslim, Jewish, and Christian scholars sought to answer one question: “Do our three scriptures unite or divide us?” They offer their answers in this book: sixteen essays on how certain ways of reading scripture may draw us apart and other ways may draw us, together, into the source that each tradition calls peace. Reading scriptural sources in the classical and medieval traditions, the authors examine how each tradition addresses the “other” within its tradition and without, how all three traditions attend to poverty as a societal and spiritual condition, and what it means to read scripture while facing the challenges of modernity. Ochs and Johnson have assembled a unique approach to inter-religious scholarship and a rare look at scriptural study as a pathway to peace.
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2009
William Johnson was born on July 13, 1956, in Pinehurst, North Carolina, the United States.
Johnson graduated from Davidson College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978. After college, he entered Wake Forest University, from which he graduated with a Juris Doctor degree in 1981. He also finished Union Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree in Richmond in 1988. Johnson earned his doctorate at Harvard University in 1992.
Johnson started his career serving for four years as theologian-in-residence of Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas and being the first theologian-in-residence at First Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas. For five years he worked as a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Theological Task Force on the Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church. He has also served as co-chair of a Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptural reasoning group located at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton.
Johnson is best known as an expert and educator in the field of systematic theology. His teaching encompasses a diversity of interests including the reshaping of Reformed theology in a postmodern age, post-Holocaust age, theology of religions, environmental theology, Christianity’s cultured critics, feminist theology, leadership theory, as well as the writings of John Calvin, the Niebuhrs, Martin Luther King Jr., Emmanuel Levinas, and others.
William is also known as an author of several publications, including A Time to Embrace: Same Sex Relationships in Religion, Law, and Politics, Second Edition, Crisis, Call, and Leadership in the Abrahamic Traditions, John Calvin, Reformer for the 21st Century, The Mystery of God: Karl Barth and the Postmodern Foundations of Theology and H. Richard Niebuhr: Theology, History and Culture: Major Unpublished Writings.
(Over three years of study and fellowship, sixteen Muslim,...)
2009(Moving beyond traditional ways of reading Karl Barth, Wil...)
1997(Many would argue that a true understanding of contemporar...)
2009(As rhetoric continues to heat up on both sides of the deb...)
2006(This book brings together the best of the unpublished wor...)
1998
