Dru Johnson duikt in bijbelse en theologische studies en onderzoekt de ingewikkelde verbanden tussen kennis, ritueel en schrift. Zijn werk onderzoekt de filosofische en theologische implicaties die inherent zijn aan bijbelse teksten en biedt lezers nieuwe perspectieven op oude wijsheid. Johnson's benadering van analytische theologie probeert een brug te slaan tussen hedendaagse filosofische ideeën en blijvende bijbelse tradities. Door zijn schrijven biedt hij diepgaande inzichten in hoe heilige teksten ons begrip van de wereld en geloof vormen.
The book of Genesis might be the most Darwinian text of the ancient world. Can the ideas of Scripture and evolutionary science be mutually illuminating? Biblical scholar Dru Johnson calls us beyond creation-versus-evolution debates to explore the continuities and discontinuities between biblical themes and those of Darwin and modern science.
Biblical Philosophy examines how the Christian Scriptures argue philosophically with ancient and modern readers alike. Demonstrating the distinct genetic markers of a philosophical style, the Hebrew Bible and New Testament employed literary and philosophical strategies to reason about the nature of reality and our place within it.
The opening chapters of Genesis tell the story of how humans relate to the world--and to God. Genesis 1-11 is a parade of humanity's stories intertwined with the most intriguing subjects wrestled with today: the beginning of the cosmos, the nature of humanity, family, sex, deceit, death, murder, mass murder, ecology, agriculture, urbanization, and more. In The Universal Story, Dru Johnson shows how Genesis 1-11 is written in a way that informs the rest of biblical history--including the exodus, the kings of Israel, the exile, the Gospels, and early church. Genesis 1-11 presents a story of humanity that seeks to explain the background of every human endeavor. It is the universal story--the story of stories--because it is a story about how all of these things came to be the way the Hebrews understood them to be. These bizarre and ancient stories frame the story of God and His plan for earth and humanity.