Hearing the Call

by Wolterstorff, Nicholas; Gornik, Mark R.; Thompson, Gregory

• ISBN13: 9780802865250
• ISBN10: 0802865259
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-10
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Nicholas Wolterstorff has long been intensely engaged with issues of liturgy, justice, and how to live faithfully as a Christian in the world. Hearing the Call brings together more than thirty of Wolterstorff's most enduring and influential popular and semi-popular articles from the last fifty years in a wide-ranging volume that highlights his ongoing role as one of the church's most incisive and compelling voices. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Nicholas Wolterstorff is the Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Yale University and senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. Among his many other books are Reason within the Bounds of Religion, Until Justice and Peace Embrace, Lament for a Son, Divine Discourse, and Justice: Rights and Wrongs.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
The Grace That Shaped My Life	p. 1
Liturgy
Trumpets, Ashes, and Tears	p. 19
The Tragedy of Liturgy in Protestantism	p. 29
Justice as a Condition of Authentic Liturgy	p. 39
Liturgy, Justice, and Holiness	p. 59
If God Is Good and Sovereign, Why Lament?	p. 80
Justice
Why Care about Justice?	p. 95
For Justice in Shalom	p. 109
The Wounds of God: Calvin's Theology of Social Injustice	p. 114
Lest Your Brother Be Degraded in Your Sight	p. 133
An Evening in Amman	p. 136
Death in Gaza	p. 140
The Troubled Relationship between Christians and Human Rights	p. 148
Six Days in South Africa	p. 155
Seeking Justice in Hope	p. 170
Hondurans Seek Justice	p. 188
Church
ôWhen Did We See Thee?ö	p. 199
The Bible and Women: Another Look at the ôConservativeö Position	p. 202
Hearing the Cry	p. 210
Letter to a Young Theologian	p. 218
The Theological Significance of Going to Church and Leaving and the Architectural Expression of That Significance	p. 228
The Light of God's Love	p. 241
Thinking about Church Architecture	p. 245
Thinking about Church Music	p. 254
Playing with Snakes: A Word to Seminary Graduates	p. 268
World
Can a Calvinist Be Progressive?	p. 275
The Moral Significance of Poverty	p. 287
Love it or Leave It	p. 297
Reflections on Patriotism	p. 299
Contemporary Christian Views of the State: Some Major Issues	p. 308
The Political Ethic of the Reformers	p. 328
Theological Foundations for an Evangelical Political Philosophy	p. 346
Has the Cloak Become a Cage? Love, Justice, and Economic Activity	p. 372
Justice, Not Charity: Social Work through the Eyes of Faith	p. 395
Afterword
An Interview with Nicholas Wolterstorff	p. 413
It's Tied Together by Shalom	p. 423
How My Mind Has Changed: The Way to Justice	p. 430
Acknowledgments	p. 439
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