Best theology books of 2009

Over the next week I’ll post some roundups of the year’s highlights. Here’s my selection of the best (mainly theological) books of 2009:

• Theology: David Kelsey, Eccentric Existence: A Theological Anthropology, 2 vols. (WJK)
• Biblical studies (NT): Douglas Campbell, The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul (Eerdmans)
• Biblical studies (OT): John Goldingay, Old Testament Theology: Israel's Life (IVP)
• Systematic theology: T. F. Torrance, Incarnation and Atonement (IVP)
• Essay collection (single author): John Milbank, The Future of Love: Essays in Political Theology (Cascade)
• Essay collection (multi-author): Oliver Crisp and Michael Rea (eds), Analytic Theology: New Essays in the Philosophy of Theology (Oxford UP)
• New edition: Karl Barth, Church Dogmatics, 31 vols. (T&T Clark)
• Critical edition: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Vol. 12 (Fortress)
• Teaching resource: Eugene Rogers, The Holy Spirit: Classic and Contemporary Readings (Wiley-Blackwell)
• Reference work: Herman J. Selderhuis (ed.), The Calvin Handbook (Eerdmans)
• Translation: Elsie Ann McKee (trans.), Institutes of the Christian Religion: 1541 French Edition (Eerdmans)
• Theological history: John Witte Jr., The Sins of the Fathers: The Law and Theology of Illegitimacy Reconsidered (Cambridge UP)
  
• Commentary: Douglas Harink, 1 & 2 Peter (Brazos)
• Journal issue: 25-year special issue of Modern Theology (Wiley-Blackwell)
• Essay: Sarah Coakley, "Is There a Future for Gender and Theology? On Gender, Contemplation, and the Systematic Task," Criterion 47:1 (2009)
• Political thought: John Gray, Gray's Anatomy (Allen Lane)
• Literary criticism: Annabel Patterson, Milton's Words (Oxford UP)
• Biography: Rupert Shortt, Rowan's Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop of Canterbury (Eerdmans)
• Novel: Peter Carey, Parrot and Olivier in America (Penguin)
• Children’s novel: Kate DiCamillo, The Magician's Elephant (Candlewick)
• And finally, the year's best theology book cover (T&T Clark; painting by Oliver Crisp):