James Wm. Mc Clendon, Jr. was the most important ‘baptist’ theologian of the twentieth century. Mc Clendon crafted a systematic theology that refused to succumb to the pressures of individualism, grew out of the immediacy of preaching the text, and lamented the stunted public witness of a fractured Protestant ecclesiology.
This two-volume set mixes previously unpublished and published lectures and essays with rare and little known works to form a representative collection of the essential themes of Mc Clendon’s work. The first volume focuses on the philosophical and theological shifts leading to Mc Clendon’s articulation of the baptist vision. The second volume specifically elucidates the more philosophical themes that informed Mc Clendon’s work, including ways in which these themes had immediate theological import. Taken together, the set provides the most comprehensive presentation of Mc Clendon’s work now available, revealing the sustained and systematic character of his vision over the course of his life. These two volumes will provide scholars, preachers, and students with Mc Clendon’s radical, narrative, and connective theology.
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Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction to Volume 2
Part I: Retrospect
§26 Three Strands of Christian Ethics (1978)
§27 Distinguishing Modern and Postmodern Theologies (1989)
Part II: Language, Convictions, and Speech-Acts
§28 Christian Philosophers or Philosopher Christians? (1968)
§29 How Is Religious Talk Justifiable? (1968)
§30 Can There Be Talk about God-and-the-World? (1969)
§31 Saturday’s Child: A New Approach to the Philosophy of Religion (with James Marvin Smith) (1970)
§32 Homo Loquens: Theology as Grammar (1971)
§33 ‘Convictions’ after Twenty Years (1995)
Part III: Convictions Made Flesh
Speech-Acts as Embodied Narrative
§34 Biography as Theology (1971)
§35 Theology, Language, and Life: A Christian Perspective (1974)
§36 The God of the Theologians and the God of Jesus Christ (1981)
§37 Story, Sainthood, and Truth: Biography as Theology Revisited (1982)
§38 Narrative Ethics and Christian Ethics (1986)
Part IV: On the Significance of Practices
§39 Christian Practices and the Postmodern Philosophical Task (1991)
§40 Toward a Conversionist Spirituality (1994)
§41 A New Way to Read the Bible (1995)
§42 A Practical Theory of Religion (1995)
Part V: Embodying the Great Story in the World
§43 Do We Need Saints Today? (1986)
§44 Toward an Ethics of Delight (1988)
§45 Ethics for a Career (1988)
§46 How Can a Christian Be a Law Librarian? (1990)
§47 How Is Christian Morality Universalizable? (1991)
§48 Picture Eschatology (1995)
§49 Taking the Side of the World (2000)
Part VI: Prospect
§50 Ten Theses on the Task of Today’s Theology (1989)
Permissions for Volume 2
Scripture Index for Volume 2
General Index for Volume 2
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James William Mc Clendon, Jr. was a Christian theologian in the Anabaptist tradition and the author of several important works, including Biography as Theology: How Life Stories Can Remake Today’s Theology and Making Gospel Sense to a Troubled Church. He was, at the time of his death, Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
Ryan Andrew Newson is Adjunct Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Campbell University.
Andrew C.Wright is a Doctoral Candidate in Christian Ethics and Philosophical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary and is Adjunct Professor in the Division of Religion and Philosophy at Azusa Pacific University.
Nancey Murphy is Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary.