Considering Culture (resources)

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OK, here, as best as I can remember, are the relevant references, etc. for seminar:

Two helpful articles available on-line are:

* Richard Middleton’s article “A New Heaven and A New Earth: The Case for a Holistic Reading of the Biblical Story of Redemption” does exactly what it says on the tin.

* Douglas Moo has a great paper on environmental issues in the context of the New Testament: “Nature in the New Creation: New Testament Eschatology and the Environment”. I also recently discovered the mp3 of an associated talk.

The combination of these two underpin a lot of the cuture-in-the-biblical-story section. Although Moo is limited to nature, Middleton provides the link that culture is part of creation, hence allowing Moo’s argument to be applied more widely.

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Books that were in my mind, but not quoted much (if at all):

* Eat this Book by Eugene Peterson; this is very good on living in the biblical story

* The Mission of God by Christopher Wright; which has an impressive overview of the Old Testement from a missional hermeneutic point of view. It complements Moo’s paper in it’s discussion of responsibility for creation as part of the mission.

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Books that are good on Worldview are

* The Transforming Vision by Middleton and Walsh. I dipped into this while preparing the talk and realised (again) what a classic it is. It’s a long time since I read it & I discovered that a lot of things I’ve learnt since are in this book, if only I had been awake enough at the time…

* The Outrageous Idea of Academic Faithfulness by Opitz and Melleby. I bought this to help the talk preparation, mainly because Byron Borger recommended it highly. A good book for students pitched at a nice introductory level. See also the associated website.

* Discipleship of the Mind by James Sire. Another classic. Again, aimed at students, but of wider interest. More depth than Opitz and Melleby. Probably a good next step if that convinces you to investigate futher.

* The Universe Next Door by James Sire. Sire’s worldview overview — looking at the main contenders around today.

* I’ve also dipped into Albert Wolters’ Creation Regained

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Quotes from Jeremy Begbie come from:

* Resounding Truth, which I have just got, but have only read the introduction. That is impressive enough in itself.

Quotes from Kevin Vanhoozer come from:

* First Theology, normally the essay ‘The World Well Staged?’, but all the essays in the book are stimulating and thought-provoking

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Books I have acquired recently, which would have helped:

* The Drama of Scripture by Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen

* Everyday Theology ed. Kevin Vanhoozer, Charles Anderson, Michael Sleasman

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Books that I have become aware of, don’t actually own, but suspect would have been useful:

* When the Kings Come Marching In by Richard Mouw

* Plowing in Hope: Toward a Biblical Theology of Culture by David Hegeman

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Please comment with other recommendations…

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