|  Greetings!
Welcome once again from Westminster John Knox Press. I’m so excited about so many of this fall’s titles, I’m going to skip all pleasantries and rush straight to the titles excerpted in this edition of the Academic Update! James D. G. Dunn, one of the world’s top New Testament scholars, asks Did the First Christians Worship Jesus? The conviction that God exalted Jesus to his right hand is central to Christian recognition of the divine
status of Jesus. But what did that mean for the
first Christians as they sought to reconcile
God’s status and that of the human Jesus?
(Excerpted on page 9)
Robert W. Jenson shows how Canon
and Creed work together and interact—that neither is adequate or sufficient to
guide Christian faith without the help of
the other. This latest addition to the next
generation of Interpretation commentaries
enables contemporary interpreters to lay out
the questions and tensions that are always
present as the church seeks to hold canon and
creed together. (Excerpted on page 27)
The late William C. Placher left
us one last gem before his untimely death
in November 2008: the inaugural volume
for Belief: A Theological Commentary on
the Bible. His splendid commentary on the
Gospel of Mark provides passage-by-passage
commentary with more extensive attention
given to passages of particular theological
significance. All thirty-six volumes will
begin with a discussion of why the church
needs this book and why we need it now, in
order to ground all of the commentaries in
contemporary relevance.
The authors writing Belief volumes
embrace a variety of confessional and
theological perspectives and represent more
diversity of race, ethnicity, and gender
than any other commentary series to date.
We dedicate the series to Bill’s memory
with affection and gratitude. (Excerpted on
page 40)
Kristine A. Culp gives us “an original
and wise” look at humanity in Vulnerability
and Glory. This is a fresh new theological work
that examines vulnerability as a theological
concept and looks at the relationship between
vulnerability, ambiguity, and transformation
in Christian life. (Excerpted on page 50)
Prophetic Preaching is Leonora Tubbs Tisdale at her best. In it she tackles the
big questions: Where have all the prophets
gone? And why do preachers shy away
from prophetic witness? This energizing
work is full of suggestions and examples to
help pastors structure and preach prophetic
sermons—one of the most difficult tasks
they are called to undertake. (Excerpted on
page 73)
In other news, you can now find all
Westminster John Knox Press titles (priced
20%-35% off) through the retail Web site,
www.TheThoughtfulChristian.com.
I look forward to seeing you at one of the
many fall meetings. Please stop by our booth
and say hello! 
Jennifer K. Cox
Executive Director of Marketing and Production
Westminster John Knox Press
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