J Todd Billings
Biographic Data
| ID | 5845717 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Todd Billings |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Todd |
| FAMILY NAME | Billings |
| SIGNATURE | BILLINGS J T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Theological Seminary |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-8431-0993 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Agōn and Authority
This chapter focuses on the agōn sophias . The term is used to describe a group of scenes that, despite differences in formal constitution, stage an opposition between two understandings of sophia and debate what it is to be sophos . These scenes are bound together not so much by their verbal or scenic form (insofar as it can be reconstructed) as by the agonistic setting and the central concern of sophia, which both figures seek to define and cla…
Redemption Applied
Union with Christ is a crucial theme for Reformed soteriology with far-reaching implications in numerous areas, including the theology of the covenant, the sacraments, eschatology, and the outworking of the doctrine of grace as justification and sanctification in Christ. Through engagement with scriptural exegesis and the refining of various catholic and characteristically Reformed elements, a Reformed doctrine of union with Christ has much to of…
Tragedy and the Idea of Modernity
From around 1800, particularly in Germany, Greek tragedy has been privileged in popular and scholarly discourse for its relation to apparently timeless metaphysical, existential, ethical, aesthetic, and psychological questions. As a major concern of modern philosophy, it has fascinated thinkers including Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, and Heidegger. Such theories have arguably had a more profound influence on modern understanding of the ge…
Quarreling over Tragedy
This chapter begins with a consideration of the comparison of antiquity and modernity. From the Renaissance until around 1800, evaluative comparison of antiquity and modernity was an important mode of thought throughout Western Europe. These inquiries are often grouped under the name of the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes . Towards the end of the eighteenth century, though, these comparisons began to disappear. They were replaced by an under…
Choruses, Ancient and Modern
The ancient singing and dancing chorus has exerted a powerful influence in the modern world. This is the first book to look systematically at the points of similarity and difference between ancient and modern choruses, across time and place, in their ancient contexts in modern theatre, opera, dance, musical theatre, and in political debate
Hyperion's symposium
Journal Article Hyperion's symposium: an erotics of reception Get access Joshua Billings Joshua Billings * *Correspondence to Joshua Billings, Merton College, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 4JD, UK. [email protected] I am grateful for the perceptive comments of Constanze Güthenke and the editors of CRJ. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Classical Receptions Journal, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4–24, htt…
The Lord's Supper and the Church's Public Witness
The Lord's Supper, as a God-given means of grace, has implications for the church's public witness. Rather than separate bodies from souls, and the secular from the sacred, the Supper holds together union with the heavenly Christ and communion with earthly bodies. Moreover, while union with Christ at the Supper is God's gift, this gift exposes the sinful inadequacy of the church's witness. In the eschatological tension between present gift and fu…
John Calvin's Soteriology
This article explores John Calvin's soteriology through examining his multivalent and yet succinct ‘sum’ of the gospel: the double grace of justification and sanctification received in union with Christ. The essay begins with a description of the scope and range of this teaching in Calvin, its biblical, patristic and Reformational sources, and its application to a wide range of doctrinal loci . After this, particular features of Calvin's account …
Calvin, Participation, and the Gift
Is the God of Calvin a fountain of blessing, or a forceful tyrant? Is Calvin's view of God coercive, leaving no place for the human qua human in redemption? These are perennial questions about Calvin's theology which have been given new life by Gift theologians such as John Milbank, Graham Ward, and Stephen Webb. This book addresses these questions by exploring Calvin's theology of ‘participation in Christ’. It argues that Calvin's theology of ‘p…
John Milbank's Theology of the "Gift" and Calvin's Theology of Grace
In his theology of the Gift, John Milbank advocates a theology of “reciprocity” between God and humanity, involving “active” rather than “passive” reception of the divine gift. Calvin and other Reformation theologians are criticized by Milbank as demeaning the role of the human partner by advocating “passivity” in the reception of grace. This essay compares Milbank's theology of the Gift with Calvin's theology of grace, showing how Calvin overcom…
United to God through Christ
“We shall at length be really and fully united to Thee [Almighty God] through Christ our Lord.”
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John Milbank's Theology of the "Gift" and Calvin's Theology of Grace
In his theology of the Gift, John Milbank advocates a theology of “reciprocity” between God and humanity, involving “active” rather than “passive” reception of the divine gift. Calvin and other Reformation theologians are criticized by Milbank as demeaning the role of the human partner by advocating “passivity” in the reception of grace. This essay compares Milbank's theology of the Gift with Calvin's theology of grace, showing how Calvin overcom…
United to God through Christ
“We shall at length be really and fully united to Thee [Almighty God] through Christ our Lord.”
Calvin, Participation, and the Gift
Is the God of Calvin a fountain of blessing, or a forceful tyrant? Is Calvin's view of God coercive, leaving no place for the human qua human in redemption? These are perennial questions about Calvin's theology which have been given new life by Gift theologians such as John Milbank, Graham Ward, and Stephen Webb. This book addresses these questions by exploring Calvin's theology of ‘participation in Christ’. It argues that Calvin's theology of ‘p…
John Calvin's Soteriology
This article explores John Calvin's soteriology through examining his multivalent and yet succinct ‘sum’ of the gospel: the double grace of justification and sanctification received in union with Christ. The essay begins with a description of the scope and range of this teaching in Calvin, its biblical, patristic and Reformational sources, and its application to a wide range of doctrinal loci . After this, particular features of Calvin's account …
Hyperion's symposium
Journal Article Hyperion's symposium: an erotics of reception Get access Joshua Billings Joshua Billings * *Correspondence to Joshua Billings, Merton College, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 4JD, UK. [email protected] I am grateful for the perceptive comments of Constanze Güthenke and the editors of CRJ. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Classical Receptions Journal, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4–24, htt…
The Lord's Supper and the Church's Public Witness
The Lord's Supper, as a God-given means of grace, has implications for the church's public witness. Rather than separate bodies from souls, and the secular from the sacred, the Supper holds together union with the heavenly Christ and communion with earthly bodies. Moreover, while union with Christ at the Supper is God's gift, this gift exposes the sinful inadequacy of the church's witness. In the eschatological tension between present gift and fu…
Choruses, Ancient and Modern
The ancient singing and dancing chorus has exerted a powerful influence in the modern world. This is the first book to look systematically at the points of similarity and difference between ancient and modern choruses, across time and place, in their ancient contexts in modern theatre, opera, dance, musical theatre, and in political debate
Quarreling over Tragedy
This chapter begins with a consideration of the comparison of antiquity and modernity. From the Renaissance until around 1800, evaluative comparison of antiquity and modernity was an important mode of thought throughout Western Europe. These inquiries are often grouped under the name of the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes . Towards the end of the eighteenth century, though, these comparisons began to disappear. They were replaced by an under…
Tragedy and the Idea of Modernity
From around 1800, particularly in Germany, Greek tragedy has been privileged in popular and scholarly discourse for its relation to apparently timeless metaphysical, existential, ethical, aesthetic, and psychological questions. As a major concern of modern philosophy, it has fascinated thinkers including Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, and Heidegger. Such theories have arguably had a more profound influence on modern understanding of the ge…
Redemption Applied
Union with Christ is a crucial theme for Reformed soteriology with far-reaching implications in numerous areas, including the theology of the covenant, the sacraments, eschatology, and the outworking of the doctrine of grace as justification and sanctification in Christ. Through engagement with scriptural exegesis and the refining of various catholic and characteristically Reformed elements, a Reformed doctrine of union with Christ has much to of…
Agōn and Authority
This chapter focuses on the agōn sophias . The term is used to describe a group of scenes that, despite differences in formal constitution, stage an opposition between two understandings of sophia and debate what it is to be sophos . These scenes are bound together not so much by their verbal or scenic form (insofar as it can be reconstructed) as by the agonistic setting and the central concern of sophia, which both figures seek to define and cla…
Philosophy (9 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Theology (6 works) · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)