The Command of Grace

Combining rigorous rationality with an engaging enthusiasm, this book crafts a theological apologetics that is at once original and instructive of how we can freshly avail ourselves of key elements of tradition. With clear, gracious, and compelling writing, it enlists an impressive array of theological and philosophical resources along with homely examples to make its case. An example of constructive theology at its best. -- Elizabeth Ann Johnson, Distinguished Professor of Theology, Fordham University, New York, USA
Paul Janz's The Command of Grace: A New Theological Apologetics is a sophisticated, lucid, and original argument for reorienting Christian theology toward God's living reality. Janz's focus on the Hebraic sources of Christian theology and engagement with Jewish thought are particularly welcome and compelling. Anyone interested in the possibilities of Christian theology today as well as anyone concerned with the limits of theology and philosophy more generally will learn a tremendous amount from this work. In short, this book is an outstanding feat that will provoke discussion on the limits and powerful potential of theology for many years to come. -- Leora Batnitzky, Professor of Religion, Princeton University, USA
A highly original and intellectually stimulating exploration of the Christian claim to tell the truth about God from a rising star in the British theological firmament. -- Alister E. McGrath, Professor of Historical Theology, Oxford University
A tour de force. -- Denys Turner, Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology, Yale Divinity School
This book an innovative and...very productive intervention in contemporary theology. * Theology, March/April 2010 *
[T]his work of Janz has to do with the liturgy of the word, for it is an invitation to deepen one's understanding of what we are doing when we celebrate the word of God. -- Maury Schepers O.P. * Worship, Vol. 84, July 2010 *