Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

First theology : meditations in a postmodern toolshed -- Does the Trinity belong in a theology of religions? : on angling in the Rubicon & the "identity" of God -- The love of God : its place, meaning & function in systematic theology -- Effectual call or causal effect? : summons, sovereignty & supervenient grace -- God's mighty speech acts : the doctrine of Scripture today -- From speech acts to Scripture acts : the covenant of discourse & the discourse of the covenant -- The spirit of understanding : special revelation & general hermeneutics -- The reader at the well : responding to John 4 -- The hermeneutics of I-witness testimony : John 21:20-24 & the death of the author -- Body piercing, the natural sense & the task of theological interpretation : a hermeneutical homily on John 19:34 -- The world well staged? : theology, culture & hermeneutics -- The trials of truth : mission, martyrdom & the epistemology of the cross.