Table of Contents
Abbreviations xi
Editors' Introduction xv
Acknowledgments xxv
Part 1 Identity In The Old Testament
1 Abraham: Friend of God, Father of the Faithful V. Phillips Long 3
2 Moses: Man of God Iain Provan 21
3 David: The Anointed Israelite Keith Bodner 36
4 Jeremiah: How the Prophet Self-Identified Bruce K. Waltke 54
Part 2 Identity In The New Testament
5 Simon Peter: The Transformation of the Apostle Markus Bockmuehl 69
6 James and Jude: Brothers of Jesus Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn 84
7 Paul: The Christian as an "In-Christ" Person Sven Soderlund 100
Part 3 Identity in the Early Church
8 Justin Martyr: Christian Identity-Formation in the Second Century CE Mikael Tellbe 119
9 Origen: Exegete, Theologian, Disciple Christopher Hall 133
10 Gregory of Nyssa: Becoming Human in the Face of God Hans Boersma 146
11 Ambrose: Baptismal Identity and Human Identity Gerald P. Boersma 168
12 John Chrysostom: Vision of the Angelic Life Pak-Wah Lai 192
13 Augustine of Hippo: The Christian Life, Then and Now Paul C. Burns 209
14 Gregory the Great: Conversionis Gratia-Ipse Becoming Idem Ryan S. Olson 223
15 Captives in Late Antiquity: Christian Identity under Foreign Rule Andrea Sterk 241
16 Timothy I of Baghdad: A Stranger in His Own Land Robert A. Kitchen 257
Part 4 Identity in the Middle Ages
17 Anselm: The Integrated Theologian Steven L. Porter 277
18 Bernard of Clairvaux: Lover of God as the Lover of Jesus James M. Houston 294
19 Dominic of Caleruega (d. 1221), Jordan of Saxony (d. 1237): The Formation of Dominican Identity Steven Watts 312
20 Aquinas: Participating in Christ's Poverty, Mission, and Life Yonghua Ge 328
21 Julian of Norwich: The Inclusive Christian Eleanor McCullough 341
22 Dante: The Path of the Pilgrim Janet Martin Soskice 353
Part 5 Identity in the Age of Reform
23 Thomas More: For Our Season Robert Bork 369
24 Martin Luther: The Self-less Christian Ronald K. Rittgers 379
25 John Calvin: Knowing the Self in God's Presence Julie Canlis 392
26 Thomas Becon: Popular Devotional Writer Jonathan Reimer 411
27 Teresa of Avila: The Christian Mystic Robyn Wrigley-Carr 423
28 Fray Luis de León (1527-1591): "The Imprisoned Self" Colin Thompson 441
Part 6 Christian Identity In The Emergence Of The Modern World
29 John Amos Comenius: A Life of Loss, a Theologian of Hope Howard Louthan 455
30 Anna Maria van Schurman and Madame Jeanne Guyon: The Oblation of Self Bo Karen Lee 469
31 John Bunyan: The Bible and the Individual Life Narrative in Pilgrim's Progress Stephen Ney 494
32 Jonathan Edwards: From Him, Through Him, and To Him Jonathan Sing-Cheung Li 506
33 Charles Wesley: Christian Identity in the Enlightenment Bruce Hindmarsh 524
34 Christina Rossetti: Identity in the Communion of Saints Elizabeth Ludlow 543
35 Blaise Pascal: Perpetual Contemporary Richard V. Honey 554
Part 7 Christian Identity in the Upheavals of the Twentieth Century
36 Søren Kierkegaard: Becornmg a Self Murray Rae 569
37 Karl Barth: Human Identity and the Freedom of God in Christ Ross Hastings 584
38 C. S. Lewis: From Self-Obsession to Plerosis Sharon Jebb Smith 603
39 Flannery O'Connor: Novelist and Believer Jay Langdale 618
40 Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Question of Christin Identity Jens Zimmermann
41 Jacques Ellul: Christian Identity in the Technological Society Craig M. Gay 648
42 African Christian or Christian African? Identity Relations in African Christianity Victor I. Ezigbo 664
Contributors 683
Index 691
