Letter & Spirit, Volume 5: Liturgy and Empire: Faith in Exile and Political Theology

This is the fifth annual volume of the remarkably popular journal of biblical theology edited by Scott Hahn and his St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. This volume features important new works by Hahn, Brant Pitre, Matthew Levering, and Robert Barron, among others. The issue explores the biblical themes of Church and state; idolatry and power; religion and violence; worship and sacrifice; the Kingdom of God; and the Eucharist. Highlights include Hahn's new essay on the "prophetic historiography" of 1 and 2 Chronicles; and Pitre's essay on "Jesus, the Messianic Banquet, and the Kingdom of God." The journal, which always seeks to reprint classic texts alongside groundbreaking new works, this time includes a new translation of St. Thomas Aquinas "Lectures on 2 Thessalonians" -- the first time this work has been translated into English. Also included are an influential work by Louis Bouyer on "Satan and Christ in the New Testament and Early Tradition." The volume concludes with a classic homily by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI on the "morality of exile." Letter & Spirit Vol. 5: Liturgy and Empire: Faith in Exile and Political Theology makes accessible to clergy, students, and laity the finest Catholic biblical scholarship. This volume includes: Articles: “Liturgy and Empire: Prophetic Historiography and Faith in Exile in 1-2 Chronicles” by Scott W. Hahn “Cultic Kingdoms in Conflict in the Book of Daniel” by John Bergsma “Worship in the Spirit of Logos: Romans 12:1-2 and the Source and Summit of Christian Life” by Jeremy Driscoll, O.S.B. “A Liturgical Conversion of the Imagination: Worship and Ethics in 1 Corinthians” by Rodrigo J. Morales “Jesus, the Messianic Banquet, and the Kingdom of God” by Brant Pitre “Charity and Empire: Is Trinitarian Monotheism Violent?”by Matthew Levering Notes: “Biblical Interpretation and Theology: Irenaeus, Modernity,and Vatican II” by Robert Barron “Liturgy, Social Justice, and the Mystical Body of Christ: The Vision of Virgil Michel” by David W. Fagerberg Traditions: “Lectures on 2 Thessalonians: A New Translation” by St. Thomas Aquinas, trans. Jeremy Holmes “The Two Economies of Divine Government: Satan and Christ in the New Testament and Early Christian Tradition” by Louis Bouyer “The Morality of Exile: Biblical Aspects of the Theme of Faith and Politics” by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger/ Pope Benedict XVI Letter & Spirit seeks to foster a deeper conversation about the Bible. This journal of biblical theology, published in collaboration with Scott Hahn and the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, takes a crucial step toward recovering the fundamental link between the literary and historical study of Scripture and its religious and spiritual meaning in the Church's liturgy and Tradition. About the Series Letter & Spirit seeks to foster a deeper conversation about the Bible. This new journal of biblical theology, published in collaboration with Scott Hahn and the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, takes a crucial step toward recovering the fundamental link between the literary and historical study of Scripture and its religious and spiritual meaning in the Church's liturgy and Tradition.