Synopses & Reviews
In this volume honoring William J. Abraham, noted theologians, philosophers, and historians offer erudite analysis of various aspects of the faith Scripture, conversion, initiation, liturgy, confession, reconciliation, and more and explore how those elements can serve to effect healing in broken lives. Brilliantly highlighting the therapeutic function of the means of grace available in Christian tradition, Immersed in the Life of God opens a conversation concerning an important theme too often neglected in the church today. / Contributors: Frederick D. Aquino, Ellen T. Charry, Paul L. Gavrilyuk, Douglas M. Koskela, Sandra Menssen, R. R. Reno, Thomas D. Sullivan, Jason E. Vickers, Geoffrey Wainwright, Robert W. Wall and Jerry L. Wals.
Table of Contents
To know and love God truly : the healing power of conversion / Jason E. Vickers -- The healing process of initiation : toward the retrieval of patristic catechumenate / Paul L. Gavrilyuk -- A theological morphology of the Bible : a prescription for "spiritually disabled" students / Robert W. Wall -- The healing work of the liturgy / Geoffrey Wainwright -- Ceremonies that consecrate and heal / Ellen T. Charry -- The healing practice of ecclesial reconciliation / Douglas M. Koskela -- The healing of cognition in deification : toward a patristic virtue epistemology / Frederick D. Aquino -- Confession as self-culture : Nietzsche and the demands of faith / R.R. Reno -- The insufficiency of any secular case for absolute human rights and the resources of divine revelation : the suicide argument / Sandra Menssen and Thomas D. Sullivan -- Outrageous evil and the hope of healing : our practical options / Jerry L. Walls.