Walter J Houston
Biographic Data
| ID | 712198 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Walter J Houston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Walter J |
| FAMILY NAME | Houston |
| SIGNATURE | HOUSTON W J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8442-1915 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Work in God’s World: Reception and Theology of the Sabbath Commandment
The essay explores the implications of the Sabbath commandment in the Decalogue for a theological understanding of work, partly via its reception in a variety of Jewish and Christian contexts; it is argued that wherever in Christian texts Sunday rest is justified by the Decalogue, we are dealing with the reception of the commandment. It is further argued that the main elements of the texts convey the sense that God’s purposes for creation as a wh…
Prophecy and Religion Revisited: John Skinner and Evangelical Biblical Criticism
The paper is an essay in the history of interpretation. Its subject is John Skinner's book on the life of Jeremiah, Prophecy and Religion (1922). The main aim is to place the work in its historical, theological and cultural context, to explain Skinner's conviction that Jeremiah's life marks the emergence of personal religion in Israel and points towards Christianity. Attempts at such contextualization by J. Henderson and M.C. Callaway are studied…
Social Justice and the Hebrew Prophets
This article shows how prophetic writings of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible condemn social injustice in their context and how they offer unfulfilled visions of social justice. It also argues for their relevance to modern society. Selected passages from the books of Amos and Isaiah, together with shorter quotations from Micah and Jeremiah, are presented in translation with comments drawing out their meaning both for their original context and for …
Justice
What does the Bible have to say about justice, and what relevance has this for people, particularly Christians, today? 'Justice: The Biblical Challenge' offers readers a balanced assessment of the biblical treatment of justice and what we might learn from this. The book opens with a brief overview of the differing social contexts which shaped how people thought about justice in biblical times. The examples of justice are grouped under three key n…
Justice: The Biblical Challenge
Walter Brueggemann, The Practice of Prophetic Imagination: Preaching an Emancipating Word
"Houston, "Purity and Monotheism
Purity and Monotheism: Clean and Unclean Animals in Biblical Law
Purity and Monotheism: Clean and Unclean Animals in Biblical Law
"Houston, "Purity and Monotheism
Walter Brueggemann, The Practice of Prophetic Imagination: Preaching an Emancipating Word
Justice
What does the Bible have to say about justice, and what relevance has this for people, particularly Christians, today? 'Justice: The Biblical Challenge' offers readers a balanced assessment of the biblical treatment of justice and what we might learn from this. The book opens with a brief overview of the differing social contexts which shaped how people thought about justice in biblical times. The examples of justice are grouped under three key n…
Justice: The Biblical Challenge
Work in God’s World: Reception and Theology of the Sabbath Commandment
The essay explores the implications of the Sabbath commandment in the Decalogue for a theological understanding of work, partly via its reception in a variety of Jewish and Christian contexts; it is argued that wherever in Christian texts Sunday rest is justified by the Decalogue, we are dealing with the reception of the commandment. It is further argued that the main elements of the texts convey the sense that God’s purposes for creation as a wh…
Prophecy and Religion Revisited: John Skinner and Evangelical Biblical Criticism
The paper is an essay in the history of interpretation. Its subject is John Skinner's book on the life of Jeremiah, Prophecy and Religion (1922). The main aim is to place the work in its historical, theological and cultural context, to explain Skinner's conviction that Jeremiah's life marks the emergence of personal religion in Israel and points towards Christianity. Attempts at such contextualization by J. Henderson and M.C. Callaway are studied…
Social Justice and the Hebrew Prophets
This article shows how prophetic writings of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible condemn social injustice in their context and how they offer unfulfilled visions of social justice. It also argues for their relevance to modern society. Selected passages from the books of Amos and Isaiah, together with shorter quotations from Micah and Jeremiah, are presented in translation with comments drawing out their meaning both for their original context and for …
Philosophy (6 works) · Theology (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · History (4 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (4 works) · Literature (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works)