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Unity and Diversity in the New Testament, James D. G. Dunn. Religious Studies Review 33.2 (2007): 144-145.
Review of James D. G. Dunn, New Testament Theology: An Introduction (Library of Biblical Theology; Nashville: Abingdon, 2009)., 2012
of Contents New Testament Theology: An Introduction serves as the introductory volume for the NT side of the Library of Biblical Theology series, thus, serving as prolegomena for the task of doing NT Theology. Within the volume itself the six main parts can be further subdivided into "preliminary matters" and "key theological categories." The first two parts belong to the former; the remaining parts to the latter. A brief conclusion brings together Dunn's findings. Having looked at the basic shape of the book, this review now turns to the introductory issue of the possibility of even doing NT Theology. After briefly commenting on the various ways scholars have gone about doing NT theology , Dunn writes, My own desire and preferences to get inside the process by which the theology of the NT came about, to see and treat the theology of the NT writings as a living, moving thing, a grappling with issues for faith and life which came to expression in these writings and was both the reason for their being written in the first place and also for their being retained as vital resources for ongoing faith and life, and hints to become regarded as scripture" (ix; italics original). Dunn calls this process theologizing since he is interested in "both the historical production of the NT" as well as their "continuing impact on subsequent thinking about and enacting Christian faith" (ibid.) In parts 3 through 6, the author uses four key topics though which to illustrate this theologizing; those topics are God, salvation, the church and finally ethics. In the conclusion the author summarizes his primary findings and then articulates how the process of theologizing can renew Christian theology and provide a healthy corrective to the Reformation's distrust of tradition.
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