SCM Classics
The essential theological library from SCM Press.
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Sea of Faith
This text began in the 1860s as a phrase from Matthew Arnold's picture of the decline of religion as the retreat of the tide on Dover's beach. The book has had a significant impact, for its account of historical developments and its presentation of...
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Theology of Hope
This work represents a statement of the importance for theology of eschatology - and of an eschatological theology which emphasizes the revolutionary effect of Christian hope upon the thought, institutions and conditions of life in the here and now.
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The Shadow of the Galilean
Combining New Testament study with the terseness of thriller writing, Theissen conveys the Gospel story in the imaginative prose of a novel. This is a story of our times, or how the gospels might have turned out if they were written by John Le...
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Texts of Terror
Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives
Phyllis Trible examines four Old Testament narratives of suffering in ancient Israel: Hagar, Tamar, an unnamed concubine and the daughter of Jephthah. The stories prompt much reflection on contemporary misuse of the Bible, and therefore have...
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Making of the Creeds
In lucid and non-technical prose, Young demonstrates how and why the two most familiar Christian creeds - the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed - came into being. She aims to bring the creeds back to life again in the challenging and demanding...
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The Go-between God
Part of the 'SCM Classics' series, this title provides writing still of relevance to students of theology today.
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Early Church
From the Beginnings to 461
A history of the formative period of the Church, this text includes an account of Rome and first-century Judaism, the gnostics and the conflicts of Eastern Christendom. It examines such figures as Origen, Arian and St Augustine of Hippo.
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Dirt, Greed and Sex
Sexual Ethics in the New Testament and their Implications for Today
Conducting a thorough examination of sexual ethics in the New Testament, Countryman discusses biblical notions of purity and property, and characterises sex as one of the rich blessings of creation.
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Believing Three Ways in One God
Preface By Lawrence Paul HemmingThis book is consciously directed towards people who are prepared to apply their minds to reaching a better understanding of their faith. There are many such in our churches.They will get encouragement from Profesor...
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Dogmatics in Outline
Karl Barth stands before us as one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century, yet the massive corpus of his work - "Church Dogmatics" - can seem daunting and formidable to readers today. Here, in concentrated form, are the essential tenets of...
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Jesus
God and Man
Preface By Stanley J GrenzWolfhart Pannenberg is one of the giants of twentieth century German systematic theology, and all serious students of Christian doctrine are obliged to take account of his work. In particular, his weighty but succinct...
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Speaking in Parables
A Study in Metaphor and Theology
Preface By Gerald LoughlinOffers one of the best treatments ever given to the importance for theology of narrative and story. The central contention of the book is that if Jesus as the parable of God,as well as Jesus'...
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Taking Leave of God
Preface By Alison WebsterRejects Christian doctrines and metaphysics in favour of the religious consciousness which characterises human identity and abandons objective theism. Whatever one thinks of the author's views, and of the non-realist...
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