This collection of studies by friends, colleagues, students, and associates of Thorwald Lorenzen centers on his pivotal research interests--the theological and ethical implications of a relational understanding of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In two major works on the resurrection, Lorenzen demonstrated the radical ramifications for Christian discipleship of affirming a relational perspective on the resurrection, especially with regard to social justice, human rights, ecumenical dialogue, and holistic spirituality. The purpose of this book is to honor the theological work of Thorwald Lorenzen by examining anew and pressing ahead with certain aspects of his own research interests, whether in historical and systematic theology, biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, or social ethics and spirituality.

Keith D. Dyer is Professor of New Testament at Whitley College in Melbourne, which is also part of the Melbourne College of Divinity. He is the author of The Prophecy on the Mount: Mark 13 and the Gathering of the New Community (1998).
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David J. Neville is associate professor of theology and lecturer in New Testament studies at St. Mark's National Theological Centre, the Canberra campus of Charles Sturt University's School of Theology. He is the author of two books on the synoptic problem and A Peaceable Hope: Contesting Violent Eschatology in New Testament Narratives (2013), as well as editor or co-editor of several essay collections in biblical studies, theology, and ethics.