Thomas Finger

Thomas Finger is an independent scholar who is engaged in ecumenical and interfaith work with the Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite World Conference, and Mennonite Central Committee.

Articles by Thomas Finger

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Waiting for the Mahdi

A path for dialogue
Jun 17, 2008 by Thomas Finger
When Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed an open letter to George W. Bush in May 2006, he invoked Judgment Day, the day when the deeds of all political leaders will be examined. Ahmadinejad asked Bush whether either of them would be accepted “in the promised world, where . . .
Books

Communion and Otherness: Further Studies in Personhood and the Church

John Zizioulas

Communion and Otherness: Further Studies in Personhood and the Church

May 20, 2008 reviewed by Thomas Finger
Interest in Eastern Orthodoxy has been rising for several decades. At a time when many churches simplify and repackage their messages in current idioms that can seem shallow and ephemeral, Orthodoxy offers some people a deeper mystery and a stable tradition.
Books

The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh: Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology

Amos Yong

The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh: Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology

Sep 04, 2007 reviewed by Thomas Finger
Ever since the 1970s the theologies of distinctive groups of Christians have aroused much interest around the globe. Although such groups have long played vital roles in churches, it was once supposed that they had no theology.
Books

Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context

Glen H. Stassen and David P. Gushee

Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context

Sep 07, 2004 reviewed by Thomas Finger
Since Christians confess Jesus Christ as Lord, one might assume that most Christian ethics texts would ponder his teachings in detail. And since the Sermon on the Mount expounds Jesus’ teaching most comprehensively, one might expect such books to treat it thoroughly. According to Glen H. Stassen and David P.