David F. Ford

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Barth and God's Story: Biblical Narrative and the Theological Method of Karl Barth in the Church Dogmatics. 1981.
  • A Long Rumour of Wisdom: Re-describing Theology. Cambridge University Press. 1992. p. 32. ISBN   978-0-521-43570-3.
  • God in the University. University of Leicester. 1998. p. 22.
  • Theology: A Very Short Introduction . Oxford University Press. 1999. ISBN   978-0-19-285384-4. david f ford.
  • Self and Salvation: Being Transformed. Cambridge University Press. 1999. ISBN   978-0-521-41607-8.
  • Jesus: A Reader. Oxford University Press. 2002. ISBN   978-0-19-289316-1. (ed. with Mike Higton)
  • The Promise of Scriptural Reasoning. Blackwell. 2006. (ed. with C. C. Pecknold; includes chapter "An Inter-Faith Wisdom: Scriptural Reasoning Between Jews, Christians and Muslims")
  • Christian Wisdom: Desiring God and Learning in Love. Cambridge University Press. 2007. ISBN   978-0-521-87545-5.
    • Review in Studies in Christian Ethics (November 2009) 22:4, 504–506.
  • Shaping Theology: Engagements in a Religious and Secular World. Blackwell. 2007.
  • Musics of Belonging: The Poetry of Micheal O'Siadnail. Carysfort Press. 2007. (ed. with Marc Caball, includes chapter "Life, Work, and Reception")
  • The Modern Theologians: An Introduction to Christian Theology in the Twentieth Century . Blackwell. 1997. p.  1. ISBN   978-0-631-19591-7. david f ford.; 3d ed. (ed., with Rachel Muers) pub. 2005
  • Scripture and Theology: Reading Texts, Seeking Wisdom. SCM. 2003. ISBN   978-0-334-02920-5. (ed. with Graham Stanton)
  • Fields of Faith: Theology and Religious Studies for the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge University Press. 2005. ISBN   978-0-521-84737-7. (ed. with Ben Quash and Janet Martin Soskice)
  • The Shape of Living: Spiritual Directions for Everyday Life. Baker Books. 1997. ISBN   978-0-8010-6519-4. (with Susan Howatch) 2nd ed. published 2004
  • Jubilate: Theology in Practice. London: Darton Longman & Todd. 2004. (with Daniel W. Hardy). Published in US as Praising and Knowing God, Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 2005.
  • Barth and God's Story: Biblical Narrative and the Theological Method of Karl Barth in the Church Dogmatics. Wipf & Stock Publishers. 2008. ISBN   978-1-60608-056-6.
  • Meaning and Truth in II Corinthians. Wipf & Stock Publishers. 2008. ISBN   978-1-55635-813-5. (with Frances M. Young)
  • Hardy, Daniel W. (2010). Wording a Radiance: Parting Conversations on God and the Church. SCM. ISBN   978-0-334-04208-2. (ed. by David Ford, Deborah Ford, Peter Ochs, published in paperback as Attracting God's Light: A Parting Theology)
  • The Future of Christian Theology. Wiley-Blackwell. 2011. ISBN   978-1-4051-4272-4.
  • The Modern Theologians Reader. John Wiley & Sons. 2011. ISBN   978-1-4051-7111-3. (with Mike Higton and Simeon Zahl)
  • Book chapters

    • "Tragedy and Atonement" in Christ, Ethics, and Tragedy: Essays in honour of Donald MacKinnon, Kenneth Surin, ed. Cambridge University Press, 1989. ISBN   978-0-521-34137-0.
    • "Third Epoch: The Future of Discourse in Jewish–Christian Relations" (with Peter Ochs), in Challenges in Jewish–Christian Relations, James K. Aitken and Edward Kessler, eds. New York: Paulist Press, 2006, pp. 153–170.
    • "Developing Scriptural Reasoning Further", in Scripture, Reason, and the Contemporary Islam-West Encounter: Studying the 'Other', Understanding the 'Self', Basit Bilal Koshul and Steven Kepnes, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp. 201–219.
    • "God and Our Public Life: A scriptural wisdom", in Liberating Texts? Sacred Scriptures in Public Life, Sebastian C. H. Kim and Jonathan Draper, eds. London: SPCK, 2008, pp. 29–56.
    • "Theology" in The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religions (2nd edition, 2009), John Hinnells, ed. Routledge, ISBN   0-415-47327-6.
    • "Theology and Religious Studies for a Multifaith and Secular Society", in Theology and Religious Studies in Higher Education: Global Perspectives, Darlene L. Bird and Simon G. Smith, eds. London: Continuum, 2009, pp. 31–43.
    • "Paul Ricoeur: A Biblical Philosopher on Jesus", in Jesus and Philosophy: New Essays, Paul K. Moser, ed. Cambridge University Press, 2009, pp. 169–193.
    • "Foreword" to New Perspectives for Evangelical Theology: Engaging God, Scripture, and the World. Routledge, 2009.
    • "Foreword" in New Perspectives for Evangelical Theology: Engaging with God, Scripture, and the World, Tom Greggs, ed. Routledge, 2010. ISBN   978-0-415-47732-1.

    Selected articles, papers

    Selected lectures

    Quotes

    • "At the heart of healthy inter-faith engagement is a triple dynamic: going deeper into your own faith, deeper into each other's, and deeper into action for the common good of humanity". [20]
    • " Few things are likely to be more important for the twenty-first century than wise faith among the world's religious communities. That calls for fuller understanding, better education, and a commitment to the flourishing of our whole planet". [21]

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    David F. Ford
    OBE
    Born
    David Frank Ford

    (1948-01-23) 23 January 1948 (age 76)
    Dublin, Ireland
    SpouseDeborah Ford
    Academic background
    Alma mater
    Thesis Biblical Narrative and the Theological Method of Karl Barth in the "Church Dogmatics" (1977)
    Doctoral advisor
    Academic offices
    Preceded by Regius Professor of Divinity
    at the University of Cambridge

    1991 c.2015
    Succeeded by
    Preceded by Bampton Lecturer
    2015
    Succeeded by