North America has rarely produced a theologian as creative and productive as Robert W. Jenson. A truly ecumenical thinker, Jenson consistently demonstrates the way that the church's confession of the triune God of scripture restructures Christian thinking. Jenson's work on the nature of theology has focused on the category of "promise": a way with language that opens up new possibilities. At the heart of Jenson's theology of the gospel is the conviction that, in Christ, God discloses a word of pure promise to us, enabling new patterns of life. Just as the gospel opens up new ways of living, good theology unfolds into new interpretations and articulations. Engaging Jenson's work across vital areas, this volume lays out the contours and key contributions of Jenson's thought for modern Christology, theological interpretation of Scripture, the doctrine of the Trinity in light of the recent Trinitarian revival, and ecumenical theological relations. This volume gathers together essays by some of contemporary theology's most capable thinkers, such as Oliver Crisp, Stephen Holmes, Joseph Mangina, Peter Leithart, Telford Work, Eugene Rogers, R. Kendall Soulen, and Peter Ochs, to examine the ways in which Jenson's own theology functions as "promise," enabling further theological visions and articulations.
Stephen John Wright is lecturer in Christian theology and Wesley studies at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester in England. He is author of Dogmatic Aesthetics: A Theology of Beauty in Dialogue with Robert W. Jenson (Fortress Press, 2014). Chris E. W. Green is associate professor of theology at Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee. He is author of Sanctifying Interpretation: Vocation, Holiness, and Scripture (2015) and Foretasting the Kingdom: Toward a Pentecostal Theology of the Lord's Supper (2012).
Introduction (Chris E. W. Green and Stephen John Wright) Part 1: Theology and Scripture 1. A Precise Mystery (Stephen John Wright) 2. The One Story and the Many Stories (Kristin Graff-Kallevag) 3. Jenson as Theological Interpreter (Peter J. Leithart) 4. Dances with Ezekiel (Telford Work) 5. Postliberal Logics in the Spirit of Jenson (Peter Ochs) Part 2: Creation and Christ 6. Creation as Perichoretic Trinitarian Conversation (Daniela C. Augustine) 7. Trinity and Church after Supersessionism (R. Kendall Soulen) 8. Radicalizing the Communicatio (Stephen R. Holms) 9. The Resurrection of Christ (Oliver D. Crisp) 10. The Blood of Christ and the Christology of Things (Eugene F. Rogers Jr.) 11. Blood on the Doorpost (Joseph L. Mangina) Afterword (Robert W. Jenson) Index
