Bücher von Randi Rashkover

CrossCurrents connects the wisdom of the heart with the life of the mind and the experiences of the body. The journal is operated through its parent organization, the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL), an interreligious network of academics, activists, artists, and community leaders seeking to engage the many ways religion meets the public. Contributions to the journal exist at the nexus of religion, education, the arts, and social justice.In the June 2009 issue of CrossCurrents:"The Scandal of Particularity" by Randi RashkoverINTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT"Introductory Essay" by Christopher M. Leighton"Reclaiming Particularity: Reflections on 'Reclaiming the Center: A Jewish?Christian Conversation'" by Rosann M. Catalano"Reflections on the Scandal of Particularity" by Andrew Foster ConnorsREVELATION"Reformed Theology, Revelation, and Particularity: John Calvin and H. Richard Niebuhr" by Douglas F. Ottati"Jews and Gentiles in the Divine Economy" by P. Mark AchtemeierTEXT AUTHORITY"He Unrolled the Scroll...and He Rolled Up the Scroll and Gave It Back" by Samuel E. Balentine"Reverence Despite Rejection: The Paradox of Early Christian Views of Biblical Authority" by Adam Gregerman"Traveling in Different Directions on the Liturgical Highway" by Karen Marie YustLAND"Land as an Issue in Christian&8208;Jewish Dialogue" by John T. Pawlikowski"The Place of 'Place' in Jewish Tradition" by Nina Beth CardinPEOPLE"Meet the New Paul, Same as the Old Paul: Michael Wychograd, Kendall Soulen, and the New Problem of Supersessionism" by William PlevanPOLITICS"The Scandal of Particularity: Particularity and the Public Square" by Paul D. Hanson"Democratic Structures and Democratic Cultures: A "Response" to Paul Hanson and David Novak" by Mark Douglas

Offers a provocative view of relationship between human desire, production of knowledge, and conceptions of power by developing a nonpolemical account of divine law. This book presents a paradigm - altering power of a discourse in nexus between law and freedom. It demonstrates how this nexus catapults religious thought into a powerful engagement.