Mike Ovey's NSBT

The Feasts of Repentance: From Luke-Acts to systematic and pastoral theology takes seriously the New Testament language of repentance, which is so often ignored, minimalized or dismissed. D. A. Carson, series editor of the NSBT, writes of this book:

"Dr Ovey moves beyond biblical theology to think through the meaning of repentance in both
systematic categories and in pastoral theological reflection - and we are all the better for it"

Published in 2019, and available in both physical and digital formats, we reproduce below the Contents, to give you a flavour of Ovey's work here.

Series preface
Preface by Mark D. Thompson
List of abbreviations

1 Repentance: formality, necessity or optional extra?
Introduction
Questions of method: the focus on Luke-Acts
Procedure: from Luke-Acts to systematic and pastoral theology
The puzzle: how can the call to repentance be universalized?

2 Repentants, unrepentants and feasts
Preliminary: type scenes and feasting
John the Baptist
Feasting in Luke 5:1-19:10
The penitent thief (Luke 23:39-43)
Repentance and forgiveness of sins (Luke 24:46-48)
Conclusion

3 Repentance: for Jew and Gentile
Recap
The appeal to Jews
The appeal to Gentiles
Paul's understanding of his minsitry
Objections to a universal call for repentance
Conclusion

4 Repentance: identity and idolatry
Recap
Repentance as recognition
Idolatry as parody
Idolatry as identity
Idolatry, agnosticism and atheism: objections to using the idea of idolatry
Communicating idolatry
Conclusion

5 Repentance: faith and salvation
Recap
The relation of repentance and faith
Faith and repentance?
Barth on repentance
'Faith' without repentance: some pastoral implications
Conclusion

6 Repentance: forgiveness and the people of God
Preliminary
The unrepentant
The repentant
Concluding reflections

Bibliography
Index of authors
Index of Scripture references

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