Themelios: Volume 43, No. 2, August 2018

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2018

Overview

Themelios is an international evangelical theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith. Its primary audience is theological students and pastors, though scholars read it as well. It was formerly a print journal operated by RTSF/UCCF in the United Kingdom, and it became a digital journal operated by The Gospel Coalition in 2008. The new editorial team, led by D.A. Carson, seeks to preserve representation, in both essayists and reviewers, from both sides of the Atlantic. Each issue contains articles on important theological themes, as well as book reviews and discussion from the most important evangelical voices of our time.

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Key Features

• Offers an editorial by D.A. Carson
• Discusses books written by an assortment of authors and theologians
• Provides articles by contributors from numerous denominations and professions

Contents

• “Editorial: When Revival Comes,” by D.A. Carson
• “Strange Times: The Rolling Stones Will Stop,” by Daniel Strange
• “Paul and Gender: A Review Article,” by Thomas R. Schreiner
• “Songs of the Seer: The Purpose of Revelation’s Hymns,” by Robert S. Smith
• “Have Theologians No Sense of Shame? How the Bible Reconciles Objective and Subjective Shame,” by Jackson Wu
• “Apocalypse Now: The Neo-Bultmannian Universalism of David Congdon’s The God Who Saves,” by Michael McClymond
• “The Kuyperian Impulse of the Benedict Option,” by James D. Clark
• “The Rule of Faith and Biblical Interpretation in Evangelical Theological Interpretation of Scripture,” by Adriani Milli Rodrigues
• Book Reviews

Top Highlights

“Shame is psychological, social, and sacred. Subjectively, shame is psychological or individualistic. Objectively, we can describe shame in two ways. First, it is cultural or social. Second, there is theological or ‘sacred’ shame.” (Page 206)

“Headship isn’t a privilege but a responsibility, and it should not be viewed as an opportunity to exercise authority” (Page 186)

“Actually, however, when read in light of the culture of the day, the veiling of women signified that they were honorable and dignified. The hair of women is beautiful and uncovered hair signals the sexual availability of women. Thus, the veiling of women actually protected them, showing that they were off-limits for men. Westfall thinks the pressure for some women to be unveiled, perhaps prostitutes or lower—class women, came from men in Corinth. Paul strikes back by saying that all the women should be protected, all women should be honored, and no women should be sexually available. They should all be veiled. Hence, the veil did not connote submission, and this judgment is defended with the argument that the word ‘head’ in 1 Corinthians 11:3 means ‘source’ not ‘authority over.’” (Page 179)

“With psychological shame, an individual perceives himself or herself to lack value or significance. Social or cultural shame measures one’s worth in relation to social expectations. Finally, sacred (or theological) shame is ascribed to those who lack honor before God.” (Pages 206–207)

“Thus, the human problem of sin could be summed up as not doing something to the glory of God.” (Page 213)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: vol. 43, no. 2, August 2018
• General Editor: D.A. Carson
• Series: Themelios
• Publisher: The Gospel Coalition
• Publication Date: 2018
• Pages: 170
• Resource Type: Journal

About The Gospel Coalition

Brian J. Tabb (PhD, London Theological Seminary) is academic dean at Bethlehem College & Seminary and an elder of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He also serves as managing editor for Themelios, published by the Gospel Coalition, and is the author of Suffering in Ancient Worldview.

D.A. Carson is a research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has been at Trinity since 1978. Carson came to Trinity from the faculty of Northwest Baptist Theological Seminary in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he also served for two years as academic dean. He has served as an assistant pastor and pastor and has done itinerant ministry in Canada and the United Kingdom. Carson received a bachelor of science in chemistry from McGill University, the master of divinity from Central Baptist Seminary in Toronto, and the doctor of philosophy in New Testament from the University of Cambridge. Carson is an active guest lecturer in academic and church settings around the world. He holds membership on the Council for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. Carson has also written many books that have garnered international acclaim, including his award-winning title The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism.

Daniel Strange is academic vice president and lecturer in culture, religion, and public theology at Oak Hill College, London. He is the author or coauthor of several other books, including The Possibility of Salvation Among the Unevangelised: An Analysis of Inclusivism in Recent Evangelical Theology.