Renewal in Christ: Athanasius on the Christian Life

What “They” Say . . . What Will You Say? Athanasius’s On the Incarnation is one of the preeminent classics in Christian history, worthy of continual introduction and reintroduction to the church. I am grateful that this edition will keep Athanasius at the front of people’s minds, with a helpful introduction by Jeremy Treat as an added bonus. ~ Brandon D. Smith, PhD Associate Professor of Theology & Early Christianity Cofounder of the Center for Baptist Renewal Oklahoma Baptist University If I had the power to make every Christian, every church, every small group, and every Sunday school class read Athanasius’s On the Incarnation , I would do it. This project gets us a little closer to that goal. I cannot imagine a more important book for our current cultural moment. This book represents the best of innovative theology and theological retrieval. In other words, the church needs to keep saying the same thing in new ways. I’m praying this book gets a wide reading. ~ J. T. English, PhD Lead Pastor, Storyline Church In our distracted age, we have difficulty seeing how things hold together. We are scattered in thought, word, and deed, and we need to be made whole again. I don’t know that anyone has written more beautifully or truthfully of how God has made us whole in Christ than Athanasius. He meditates on and marvels at the way in which Creator has renewed his image in creation, not by scrapping the project and starting over but by becoming a part of it and transforming it from within. Jeremy Treat’s editorial work, especially in the way he frames discussion questions, brings this old book within reach of those of us who desperately need to hear good news of all God is making new. ~ Matt Jenson, PhD Professor of Theology, Torrey Honors College, Biola University Associate Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary