Telford Work is associate professor of theology at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California.
Visit Telford Works' personal website: www.westmont.edu/ work/
Willie James Jennings
-- Duke Divinity School
"Telford Work has written a book of extraordinary theological
breadth. More importantly, he has written a book that signals a new
day for evangelical reflection on Scripture. It is a sad reality
that many evangelicals are still trapped in liberal-conservative
debates regarding Scripture, opting for such theologically bankrupt
terminology for Scripture as 'infallible' and 'inerrant.' Finally,
with Work's text we have a vision of Scripture that is
theologically rich, ecumenically sophisticated, and intellectually
powerful. My great hope is that this book will make its way into
the hands of those who teach theology in Christian colleges and
seminaries. Students may then actually be given a vision of
Scripture that is grounded in the triune life of God and the life
of the church rather than in intellectual nervousness." Jonathan R.
Wilson
--Westmont College
"A lively conversation about the nature of Scripture is essential
to the health of Christian theology. In recent years that
conversation has become moribund, settling into hardened categories
while arguments swirl around texts, communities, and hermeneutics.
In Living and Active Telford Work breathes fresh air into the
doctrine of Scripture. His book, by creatively and perceptively
drawing on a wide range of theologians and traditions, should
reinvigorate the conversation." Colin Brown
--Fuller Theological Seminary
"Work has set himself the task of examining the role of the Bible
in the postmodern world. He does so in the post-Enlightenment
climate of hostile criticism, which he calls 'biblioclasm, ' a
position comparable to the iconoclasm of former ages. Rather than
go over old debates about hermeneutics, Work sets out his vision of
the role of the Bible in God's plan of salvation. While this thesis
adopts the language of evangelical piety, it is developed with
considerable sophistication. It draws on the insights of Athanasius
and Augustine in the early church and of Barth, Balthasar, and Barr
in the present. Above all, it is an invitation to an intellectual
and spiritual pilgrimage of discovery."
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