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Jeffrey Bilbro

By on July 4, 2012 in Faculty Publications

Bilbro, Jeffrey. “Preserving “God’s Wildness” for Redemptive Baptism.” Christianity & Literature 61, no. 4 (Summer 2012): 587-622.

Abstract: An essay is presented which focuses on the belief of John Muir, member of the Disciples of Christ, in immersing himself in the Sierra by partaking in its divine natural redemption. It says that Muir preached the “gospel of glaciers” to bring people to the wild baptism where they would be cleansed by divine love. It mentions the letter written by Muir to his friend, Jeanne Carr, on the fall of man and the wonders of Redeeming Love.

Dan Runyon

By on March 25, 2012 in Faculty Publications

Bunyan, John. The Holy War: Annotated Companion to the Pilgrim’s Progress. Edited by Daniel V. Runyon. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2012.

Holy WarFour years after John Bunyan released his instantly popular journey allegory The Pilgrim’s Progress, he published The Holy War—a battle allegory and companion volume. His first book explores salvation of the individual Christian; the second portrays the battle for sanctification. While Christian struggles with questions about assurance of salvation, the collective Mansoul labors with the challenges of being led by and filled with the Holy Spirit. The Pilgrim’s Progress focuses on the individual’s struggle against sin; The Holy War portrays the Church in a corporate struggle against systemic evil. Bunyan wrote that The Holy War originates in “the same heart, and head, fingers and pen” as The Pilgrim’s Progress. Both books present separate dimensions of Bunyan’s spiritual journey.

Taken together, the journey allegory and the battle allegory capture the full range and depth of the biblical message that consumed Bunyan’s imagination. He credits his own salvation to these two things: The grace of God and tenacious, continual, holy warfare. The Holy War is testimony to a spiritual battle he fought, and won. This edition provides annotations that clarify Bunyan’s first edition language and message for readers in a post-Puritan world.

Marsha Daigle-Williamson

By on April 16, 2010 in Faculty Publications

Daigle-Williamson, Marsha. “Dante: A New Pauline Apostle?” Christian Scholar’s Review 40, no. 1 (2010): 39-58.

Abstract: There is general agreement among critics that Dante believed he was communicating biblical truths that were intended to have a salvific effect on his readers.9 Dante’s poetic strategy in achieving his overall purpose – and in legitimizing his literary enterprise as apostolic – includes an identification of his pilgrim (and himself) with Paul. By means of a fictional protagonist who is rescued dramatically from spiritual darkness and journeys to the heavens, and by means of writing an inspired poem of Christian instruction, Dante attempts to obey this New Testament exhortation through his poetic enterprise.

Jack Baker

By on February 7, 2008 in Faculty Publications

Baker, Jack R. “Christ’s Crucifixion and ‘Robin Hood and the Monk’: a Latin Charm Against Thieves in Cambridge, University Library, MS Ff.5.48.” Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 14, no. 1 (2008): 71-85.

Abstract: The study offers a commentary, transcription, and translation of a previously unpublished Latin version of a charm against thieves titled _Contra ffures et latrones_. In the charm, the story of the two thieves who are crucified with Christ becomes a signification for those travelers who seek to avoid roadside robbers. The charm is bound in a 15th century MS attributed to Gilbert Pilkington that includes the earliest known Robin Hood poem, and allows us to point toward the very real fear of thieves in the late Middle Ages, observe the steps taken for protection against them, and empathize with the thief’s potential for redemption.