Baker Academic Fall 2021 Catalog

BIBLE and INTERPRETATION THEOLOGY, HISTORY, and ETHICS

FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD Theology That Makes a Difference Miroslav Volf and Matthew Croasmun

For the Life of the World shows that a recovery of theology is vital to help us evaluate contested questions of value, articulate compelling visions of the good life, and answer the fundamental question of what makes life worth living. It won a Christianity Today Book Award and was named an Outreach Recommended Resource of the Year.

“This is a theology of life that concerns every person who loves life and that is fit for academia in connection to the human sciences.” —JÜRGEN MOLTMANN, University of Tübingen

“A timely work with which theologians across the spectrum need to contend.” —KRISTEN JOHNSON, Western Theological Seminary

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MIROSLAV VOLF (DrTheol, University of Tübingen) is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and founding director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. MATTHEW CROASMUN (PhD, Yale University) is associate research scholar and director of the Life Worth Living Program at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. He is also staff pastor at the Elm City Vineyard Church.

SEPTEMBER 2021 • 208 pp. • paper • $19.99 • 9781587435553

THE PRIORITY OF CHRIST Toward a Postliberal Catholicism Robert Barron

Bishop Robert Barron transcends liberal/conservative and Protestant/Catholic divides to explore the possibilities of postliberal theology for Catholicism.

“This stunning summa for a ‘postliberal Catholicism’ will at once subvert any tendency among the faithful to demand a facile ‘fix,’ as well as offer lucid direction for anyone daring to undertake a pilgrimage of understanding—in and with the Christ.” —DAVID B. BURRELL, CSC, University of Notre Dame (emeritus) “A downright lovely book, written with a kind of winsome literary flair that exhibits the inviting clarity of a master teacher. Highly recommended for sharp undergraduates;

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required reading for graduate students and scholars.” —JAMES K. A. SMITH, Religious Studies Review

NOW AVAILABLE • 352 pp. • paper • $35.00 • 9781540964847

ROBERT BARRON (STD, Institut Catholique de Paris) is auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He founded Word on Fire and has written numerous books, including Catholi- cism , Exploring Catholic Theology , and The Strangest Way: Walking the Christian Path .

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Faculty can use code BAFA21 to receive a 40% discount at BakerBookHouse.com. Offer expires December 31, 2021.

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