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The Bible and the Business of Life is a volume to honour Robert Banks on his 65th birthday and to mark his retirement as Director of Macquarie Christian Studies Institute at Macquarie University. Banks is perhaps Australia's most original theologian, having written seminal books such as Paul's Idea of Community, The Tyranny of Time and The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity. In this book's three areas of exegesis, ecclesiology and everyday life a distinguished caste of friends bridge the alleged gap between the Bible and the Business of Life. They address such issues as the living oral nature of the Christian tradition, the interaction between Ecclesiastes and contemporary film, the theology of vocation in Dorothy Sayers and a postmodern world, leadership, family, education, and verandahs and humane housing design. All with a coherence provided by the Bible, Banks' highly integrated thought, and its influence upon the contributors.
About the editors:
Simon Holt has a PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary, California, under Robert Banks's supervision. Simon teaches practical theology and spirituality at Whitley College, University of Melbourne.
Gordon Preece is also a Fuller PhD and Director of Macquarie Christian Studies Institute at Macquarie University, Sydney. He is author of The Viability of the Vocation Tradition, Changing Work Values, and editor of Rethinking Peter Singer.
Contents
Biography of Robert Banks
Gordon Preece
Introduction
Simon Holt and Gordon Preece
I. Exegesis
- Jesus and the Living Tradition
James Dunn
- God and Mother’s Pride: Reflections on the Meaning of Bread
Stephen Barton
- 'Hallowed be Your Name’ (Mt 6:9): Reflections on the First Petition of the Lord’s Prayer
Dieter Kemmler
- Paul our Contemporary: Non-conformity and Innovation Ancient and Modern
Peter Marshall
- Latin Names around Paul’s Counter-cultural Mission
Edwin Judge
II. Ecclesiology
- Community, Mystery and the Future of the Church
John Drane
- All are Called: The Universal Vocation of the People of God
Paul Stevens
- On Living an Unexamined Life: Prolegomena and Method in Ecclesiology for Australian Anglicans
Bruce Kaye
- Dancing for God: Challenges Facing Theological Education Today Miroslav Volf
III. Everyday Life
- Domestic Spirituality: Jonathan Edwards on Love, Marriage and Family Life
Stuart Piggin
- Verandahs & God: A Personal Reflection on Spirituality and the Built Environment
Brenda and Simon Holt
- Dorothy L. Sayers’ Theology of Work and Vocation in Everyday Life
Laura Simmons
- Vocation in a Post-Vocational World: The Meaning, De-Meaning and Re-Meaning of Work
Gordon Preece
- Leadership and Beyond
Richard Higginson
- Seeing God in the Movies: Monster’s Ball and the Book of Ecclesiastes
Robert Johnston
Robert Banks’ CV and Bibliography
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