Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Cover Reveal for ‘The Penitential Psalms’
Publication of The Penitential Psalms: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Seven Psalms is imminent. So now seems like a good time to reveal its cover. The cover was designed by Savanah N. Landerholm of Wipf & Stock. The cover photograph is of Roger Wagner’s The Flowering Tree, a stained-glass window installed in St. Continue reading
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“Well, I’m Back”: A New Book’s Oxford Connections
This blog has been somewhat neglected by me over the past 12 months, or so. This is not because of any loss of enthusiasm regarding the psalms. Quite the opposite. Much of my spare time has been spent on editing the book: The Penitential Psalms: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Seven Psalms. I Continue reading
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A Review of Tim Judson’s ‘Awake In Gethsemane’
Tim Judson, Awake in Gethsemane: Bonhoeffer and the Witness of Christian Lament, Waco, Texas: Baylor Press, 2023. 220 pages. ISBN 978-1-4813-1830-3 I have never singled out the cover designer in a theological book review before, but Kasey McBeath deserves a mention here. The dark olive tree cover motif conjures Gethsemane before the book is even Continue reading
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Brad Pribbenow’s ‘Prayerbook of Christ’: A Review
Brad Pribbenow, Prayerbook of Christ: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Christological Interpretation of the Psalms, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2018 This book will appeal to those interested in several different aspects of Christian history, theology, biblical interpretation, the Psalms and doctrine. All these different areas intersect when Bonhoeffer’s interpretation of the Psalter is explored. Although there has been Continue reading
About Me
This blog’s central aim is to explore all aspects of how the Psalter (the biblical psalms) functions as Scripture today.
To this end it will also include book reviews on the Book of Psalms and related topics.
Some posts will reflect more broadly on biblical interpretation or hermeneutics.
If you like what you see here and want to arrange for me to give a lecture, run a teaching event or a short retreat based around The Psalms then contact me so we can discuss how this might work.
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