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Letter & Spirit, vol. 5 (2009)
Liturgy and Empire:
Faith in Exile and Political Theology
Scott Hahn, Editor
David Scott, Managing Editor
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— As Roman authorities quickly came to understand, “Jesus is Lord,” is far more than a private confession of faith. It amounts to a de facto disestablishment of every other god, including the gods of the empire. ... The cry of the early North African martyr: Deus major est quam imperatore—“God is greater than the emperor”—points to some of the larger issues and themes of political theology that we take up in this volume of Letter & Spirit.
Editors' Introduction 
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Articles
Liturgy and Empire: Prophetic Historiography and Faith in Exile in 1–2 Chronicles
Scott W. Hahn
Cultic Kingdoms in Conflict in the Book of Daniel
John Bergsma
Worship in the Spirit of the Logos: Romans 12:1–2 and the Source and Summit of Christian Life
Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B.
A Liturgical Conversion of the Imagination: Worship and Ethics in 1 Corinthians
Rodrigo J. Morales
Jesus, the Messianic Banquet, and the Kingdom of God
Brant Pitre
Charity and Empire: Is Trinitarian Monotheism Violent?
Matthew Levering
Notes
Biblical Interpretation and Theology: Irenaeus, Modernity, and Vatican II
Robert Barron
Liturgy, Social Justice, and the Mystical Body of Christ: The Vision of Virgil Michel
David Fagerberg
Tradition & Traditions
Lectures on 2 Thessalonians: A New Translation
St. Thomas Aquinas, trans. Jeremy Holmes
The Two Economies of Divine Government: Satan and Christ in the New Testament and Early Christian Tradition
Louis Bouyer
The Morality of Exile: Biblical Aspects of the Theme of Faith and Politics
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
Reviews (read or download .pdf file)
• Daniel C. Timmer, Creation, Tabernacle, and Sabbath: The Sabbath Frame of Exodus 31:12–17; 35:1–3 in Exegetical and Theological Perspective, Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments 227 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2009)
• John W. Welch, The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple, Society for Old Testament Study Monographs (Surrey: Ashgate, 2009)
• Stephen P. Ahearne-Kroll,The Psalms of Lament in Mark’s Passion: Jesus’ Davidic Suffering, Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 142 (Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2007)
• Michael J. Gorman, Inhabiting the Cruciform God: Kenosis, Justification, and Theosis in Paul’s Narrative Soteriology (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans 2009)
• Paula Fredriksen, Augustine and the Jews: A Christian Defense of Jews and Judaism (New York: Doubleday, 2008)
• Guy G. Stroumsa, The End of Sacrifice: Religious Transformation in Late Antiquity, trans. Susan Emanuel (Chicago: University of Chicago, 2009)