The Collected Works of James Wm. McClendon, Jr.

Volume 1

James W. McClendon, Jr., Ryan Andrew Newson, Andrew C. Wright

• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781481300919
• eBook ISBN:
  9781481303248
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Denominations

James Wm. McClendon, Jr. was the most important "baptist" theologian of the twentieth century. McClendon 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This two-volume set mixes previously unpublished and published lectures and essays with rare and little known works to form a representative collection of the essential themes of McClendon's work. The first volume focuses on the philosophical and theological shifts leading to McClendon's articulation of the baptist vision. The second volume specifically elucidates the more philosophical themes that informed McClendon's work, including ways in which these themes had immediate theological import. Taken together, the set provides the most comprehensive presentation of McClendon'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 McClendon's radical, narrative, and connective theology.

Contents

— VOLUME 1 —

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction to Volume 1

PART I
Prospect

§1The Radical Road One Baptist Took (2000)

PART II
Early Baptist Reflections

§2Creation, Humanity, Sin (1964)

§3Atonement, Discipleship, and Freedom (1964)

§4Death, Resurrection, Survival, and Immortality (1964)

§5A Brief Narrative Account of My Professional Life and Work to the Present (1969)

§6Some Reflections on the Future of Trinitarianism (1966)

§7Baptism as a Performative Sign (1966)

PART III
Focusing the baptist Vision

§8A Decade of Deeds and Dreams: My History Continued, 1969–1978 (1978)

§9What Is a ‘baptist’ Theology? (1982)

§10The Concept of Authority: A Baptist View (1988)

§11Primitive, Present, Future: A Vision for the Church in the Modern World (1991)

§12The Mennonite and Baptist Vision (1993)

§13The Voluntary Church in the Twenty-First Century (1998)

PART IV
Social Ethics for Radical Christians

§14Social Ethics for Radical Christians: Analysis and Program (1989)

§15The End of the World (1989)

§16The Church Seeking a Peaceable Culture: The Way of the Cross (1995)

§17The Church Seeking a Peaceable Culture: The Way of the Resurrection (1995)

§18Knowing the One Thing Needful (1995)

§19The Politics of Forgiveness (1998)

PART V
Paths to Catholicity: The baptist Path

§20What Is a Southern Baptist Ecumenism? (1968)

§21Christian Identity in Ecumenical Perspective (with John Howard Yoder) (1990)

§22Balthasar Hubmaier, Catholic Anabaptist (1991)

§23Law and Faith (1994)

§24A baptist Millennium? (1998)

PART VI
Retrospect

§25Embodying the Great Story: An Interview with James Wm. McClendon, Jr. (2000)

Permissions for Volume 1

Scripture Index for Volume I

General Index for Volume 1

— VOLUME 2 —

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction to Volume 2

PART I
Retrospect

§26Three Strands of Christian Ethics (1978)

§27Distinguishing Modern and Postmodern Theologies (1989)

PART II
Language, Convictions, and Speech-Acts

§28Christian Philosophers or Philosopher Christians? (1968)

§29How Is Religious Talk Justifiable? (1968)

§30Can There Be Talk about God-and-the-World? (1969)

§31Saturday’s Child: A New Approach to the Philosophy of Religion (with James Marvin Smith) (1970)

§32Homo Loquens: Theology as Grammar (1971)

§33‘Convictions’ after Twenty Years (1995)

PART III
Convictions Made Flesh Speech-Acts as Embodied Narrative

§34Biography as Theology (1971)

§35Theology, Language, and Life: A Christian Perspective (1974)

§36The God of the Theologians and the God of Jesus Christ (1981)

§37Story, Sainthood, and Truth: Biography as Theology Revisited (1982)

§38Narrative Ethics and Christian Ethics (1...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Introduction to Volume 1
• PART I Prospect
• §1 The Radical Road One Baptist Took (2000)
• PART II Early Baptist Reflections
• §2 Creation, Humanity, Sin (1964)
• §3 Atonement, Discipleship, and Freedom (1964)
• §4 Death, Resurrection, Survival, and Immortality (1964)
• §5 A Brief Narrative Account of My Professional Life and Work to the Present (1969)
• §6 Some Reflections on the Future of Trinitarianism (1966)
• §7 Baptism as a Performative Sign (1966)
• PART III Focusing the baptist Vision
• §8 A Decade of Deeds and Dreams: My History Continued, 1969-1978 (1978)
• §9 What Is a ‘baptist’ Theology? (1982)
• §10 The Concept of Authority: A Baptist View (1988)
• §11 Primitive, Present, Future: A Vision for the Church in the Modern World (1991)
• §12 The Mennonite and Baptist Vision (1993)
• §13 The Voluntary Church in the Twenty-First Century (1998)
• PART IV Social Ethics for Radical Christians
• §14 Social Ethics for Radical Christians: Analysis and Program (1989)
• §15 The End of the World (1989)
• §16 The Church Seeking a Peaceable Culture: The Way of the Cross (1995)
• §17 The Church Seeking a Peaceable Culture: The Way of the Resurrection (1995)
• §18 Knowing the One Thing Needful (1995)
• §19 The Politics of Forgiveness (1998)
• PART V Paths to Catholicity: The baptist Path
• §20 What Is a Southern Baptist Ecumenism? (1968)
• §21 Christian Identity in Ecumenical Perspective (with John Howard Yoder) (1990)
• §22 Balthasar Hubmaier, Catholic Anabaptist (1991)
• §23 Law and Faith (1994)
• §24 A baptist Millennium? (1998)
• PART VI Retrospect
• §25 Embodying the Great Story: An Interview with James Wm. McClendon, Jr. (2000)
• Permissions for Volume 1
• Scripture Index for Volume I
• General Index for Volume 1