Jonathan loved David as himself (1 Samuel 18). Despite the risk to his own status and his future kingship, Jonathan was a good neighbor to David. Because of that love, Jonathan made a covenant with David. First love, then covenant to give form to that love. First one is a good neighbor, and then . . . . Continue Reading »
The title of Anna Whitelock’s The Queen’s Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth’s Court makes is sound like a soap opera about royal lovers. Elizabeth’s regular bedfellows were not male lovers but female attendants. As the TLS reviewer , Helen Hackett, notes, “Sharing . . . . Continue Reading »
Giorgio Agamben notes in the preface to his recent Opus Dei: An Archaeology of Duty that “The word liturgy (from the Greek leitourgia , ‘public services’) is . . . relatively modern. Before its use was extended progressively, beginning at the end of the nineteenth century, we find . . . . Continue Reading »
Cass Sustein reviews Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir in the latest NYRB . The book focuses not on the reality of scarce resources but rather on the psychology of scarcity - the feeling of scarcity, which, the authors argue, has damaging . . . . Continue Reading »
In his review of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing , Stephen Greenblatt connects the theme of “nothing” with “noting” and “noting” with eavesdropping, and from there suggests that Shakespeare’s plays have to be understood in the light of . . . . Continue Reading »
In a few places, I think Swain ( The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology ) simply misses the import of what he reads and quotes. At one point (99) he claims that Pannenberg believes that “the events that unfold between the Father and Jesus do not merely reveal who . . . . Continue Reading »
Scott Swain’s attention to Robert Jenson’s work in The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology is welcome. As Swain points out early on, quoting David Hart, Jenson hasn’t received nearly the attention he deserves, and this is a loss for theology generally and . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the great virtues of Scott Swain’s The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology is his insight into the biblical foundations of Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian theology. He points out that Jenson “argues that the doctrine of the Trinity’s primary . . . . Continue Reading »
The TLS reviewer of John O’Malley’s Trent: What Happened at the Council points out some of the omissions of the Council: “As O’Malley argues, however, what was not discussed is every bit as significant as what captured the delegates’ attention. There was barely a . . . . Continue Reading »
The Old Testament anticipates Jesus not only by continuous foreshadowing but by the pressure of its narrative. Given Israel’s failure and Yahweh’s commitment to His people, incarnation is the obvious, surprising final move . . . . . Continue Reading »
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