Holiness Past and Present

Brief Description: Stephen Barton has commissioned social scientists, philosophers of religion, feminists, biblical scholars, historians, moral theologians and systematic theologians - international experts from a wide range of theological and related disciplines - to reflect on "holiness."The book is divided into four parts: the idea of holiness, holiness and scripture, holiness and Christian tradition, and holiness and contemporary issues. The contributions are inter-denominational and inter-religious. There is nothing comparable on "holiness" available at present, so this collection fills a significant gap in the literature. Its comprehensive range and its interdisciplinary style will make it an important resource for students and scholars in theology, church history, ethics and religious studies. Biographical Note: Stephen Barton is Reader in New Testament, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 499-506) and index; What is holiness? / John Rogerson -- Rudolf Otto's The idea of the holy revisited / Colin Crowder -- The sociology of holiness: the power of being good / Douglas J. Davies -- Changing your holy ground: an ecology of sacred and secular in cities of the centre and the periphery / David Martin -- Holiness in the priestly writings of the Old Testament / Philip Jenson -- 'Holy, holy, holy': Isaiah's vision of God / R. W. L. Moberly -- The sanctification of time in the second temple period: case studies in the Septuagint and Jubilees / Robert Hayward -- Jesus and holiness: the challenge of purity / James D. G. Dunn -- Dislocating and relocating holiness: a New Testament study / Stephen C. Barton -- Holiness and the vision of God in the eastern fathers / Andrew Louth -- Finding a via media: the moderation of holiness in fourth-century western asceticism / Carol Harrison -- Benedictine holiness / Henry Mayr-Harting -- Holiness in the English tradition: from prayer book to Puritans / Gordon Mursell -- Holiness in the evangelical tradition / D. W. Bebbington -- Holiness in the Roman Catholic tradition / Sheridan Gilley -- Mother of God, mother of holiness: a meditation from Orthodoxy / Vigen Guroian -- Bonhoeffer, holiness and ethics / David F. Ford -- Holiness in extremis: Jewish women's resistance to the profane in Auschwitz / Melissa Raphael -- Holiness ungendered / Susan F. Parsons -- The communion of saints and other religions: on saintly wives in Hinduism and Catholicism / Gavin D'Costa -- Material poverty or poverty of spirit? Holiness and the liberation of the poor / Denys Turner -- Whose sanctity of life? Ricoeur, Dworkin and the human embryo / Robert Song -- Worship and the formation of a holy people / Daniel W. Hardy.

Contributor Bio:  Barton, Stephen C Stephen C. Barton is Reader in New Testament, Department of Theology, Durham University.