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Here are some further resources that may be helpful as you prepare to participate in the People of the Book track at Following Christ — or simply for carefully considering the work of God in this field.

First of all, don't miss our General Resources page, which lists websites, books, organizations, and more that may interest any Christian in the academy and marketplace, regardless of discipline or field of endeavor.

Articles

Jeffrey, David Lyle. "Houses of the Interpreter: Spiritual Exegesis and the Retrieval of Authority." Books & Culture 8, no. 3 (May/June 2002): 30.

Jenson, Robert W. "The Religious Power of Scripture." Scottish Journal of Theology 52, no. 1 (1999): 89-105.

Peterson, Eugene H. "Caveat Lector." Crux 32, no. 1 (Mar 1996): 2-12.

Peterson, Eugene H. "Eat This Book: The Holy Community at Table with the Holy Scripture." Theology Today 56, no. 1 (Apr 1999): 5-17.

Williams, Rowan. "The Literal Sense of Scripture." Modern Theology 7, no. 2 (Jan 1991): 121-34.

Books

Buckley, James J., David Yeago, eds. Knowing the Triune God: The Work of the Spirit in the Practices of the Church. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2001.

Charry, Ellen T. By the Renewing of Your Minds: The Pastoral Function of Christian Doctrine. New York: Oxford, 1999.

Charry, Ellen T., ed. Inquiring after God: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.

Fowl, Stephen E., ed. The Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Oxford: Blackwell, 1997.

Jacobs, Alan. A Theology of Reading: The Hermeneutics of Love. New York: Westview, 2001.

Jeffrey, David Lyle. People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1996.

Organizations

Christian Theological Research Fellowship

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