Ephraim Radner, Hosean wilderness, and the church in the post-christendom west : : a dialogue on the shape ofwaiting / / by Amy J. Erickson.

• Superior document: Studies in systematic theology ; Volume 22
• VerfasserIn: Erickson, Amy J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in systematic theology (Leiden, Netherlands) ; Volume 22.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 pages)

"Ephraim Radner, Hosean Wilderness, and the Church in the Post-Christendom West offers the first monograph-length treatment of the compelling and perplexing contemporary Anglican theologian Ephraim Radner. While unravelling his distinctive approach to biblical hermeneutics and ecclesiology, it...

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Ephraim Radner: a Neglected Scholar
• 2 A Fragmented Discipline and a Fragmented Church
• 3 Overview
• Part 1 Word and Flesh in Time: an Interpretive Analysis of Radner's Corpus
• Chapter 1 Radner's Theology of the Word
• 1 Introduction to Figural Reading
• 2 The Metaphysics of Figural Reading
• 3 Figural Reading in Action: Radner on Leviticus
• 4 Figural Reading as Perception and Reception
• 5 Chapter Conclusion: Mary's Figuralist Vision
• Chapter 2 Radner's Theology of the Church
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Nuptial Ecclesiology
• 3 Ecclesiological Diagnosis
• 4 Ecclesiological Prescription
• 5 Chapter Conclusion: Reconfiguring Radner
• Part 2 Hosean Wilderness and Eschatological Poesis: Reconfiguring Radner
• Chapter 3 Reading Hosea Figurally
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Hosea's Diagnosis of Israel's Institutional Forms
• 3 Hosea: Figure of the Destroyed Temple
• 4 Excursus: Feminist Concerns with Hosea's Rhetoric
• 5 God's Turn
• 6 Hosea's Wilderness Treatment
• 7 Wilderness and the Wisdom Tradition
• 8 Chapter Conclusion: Linguistic Renewal for a Secular Season 2 Nuptial Ecclesiology
• 3 Ecclesiological Diagnosis
• 4 Ecclesiological Prescription
• 5 Chapter Conclusion: Reconfiguring Radner
• Part 2 Hosean Wilderness and Eschatological Poesis: Reconfiguring Radner
• Chapter 3 Reading Hosea Figurally
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Hosea's Diagnosis of Israel's Institutional Forms
• 3 Hosea: Figure of the Destroyed Temple
• 4 Excursus: Feminist Concerns with Hosea's Rhetoric
• 5 God's Turn
• 6 Hosea's Wilderness Treatment
• 7 Wilderness and the Wisdom Tradition
• 8 Chapter Conclusion: Linguistic Renewal for a Secular Season
• Chapter 4 The Shape of Waiting
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Wilderness: Where the Church Is
• 3 Eschatology: Where the Church Is Going
• 4 Poesis: the Shape of the Church
• Conclusion: Tending Words with Radner
• Bibliography
• Scripture Index
• Subject Index