Lace Marie Williams-Tinajero, Ph.D. (2008) in Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, has published on Christian unity in the Lord's Supper, and is currently researching how language shapes religious communities.

• List of Tables Acknowledgements List of AbbreviationsIntroduction Chapter One. Understanding Searle’s Philosophies of Language and Mind IntroductionWittgenstein and Austin Wittgenstein’sTheory of Language Austin’sTheory of Language Performative Statements The Performative-Constative Dichotomy Illocutionary Acts and Illocutionary ForceAustin’sTheory about Direction of Fit Searle’s Philosophies of Language andMind Searle and the Philosophy of LanguageA Taxonomy of Illocutionary Acts Indirect Speech Acts and MetaphoricalAssertions PerformativesTypes of Speech Acts Searle and the Philosophy of Mind The Structure of IntentionalityIntentionality-with-a-t and Intensionality-with-an-s Other ContributionsMade to Speech ActTheory Grice Bach and Harnish RecanatiMotschHornsby VandervekenMoulin and Rousseau Summary Chapter Two. Speech ActTheory, Scripture, and Theology IntroductionEmerging Interest in Austin’s Philosophy of Language Michalson and Types of Statements Evans and Self-Involvement Funk and Language-Event High, Robinson, Martinich, and McClendon and Smith Thiselton and Philosophical Categories Biblical Scholars andTheologians: Current Trends in Employing Speech ActTheoryCombining Several Speech Act Theories: Young and Botha Young Botha God Speaking:Wolterstorff and Vanhoozer Wolterstorff Vanhoozer A Hermeneutic of Self-Involvement: Neufeld, Thiselton, Briggs, and Adams NeufeldThiseltonBriggs Adams Summary ChapterThree. Single-Level Speech Acts:The Effects of Christ’s Blood in Rom and Heb IntroductionPaul and Rom Paul theWriter Paul’s Illocutionary Act and Intentional States Paul’s Assertive ActPaul’s Belief andHope Paul’s Intentional Action Paul’s Metaphorical Assertion, Network, andBackgroundPaul’sMetaphorical Assertion contents ixPaul’s NetworkPaul’s BackgroundPaul’s Assessors at Rome The Author of Hebrews and Heb TheWriter of Hebrews The Author’s Illocutionary Act and Intentional States The Author’s Assertive Act The Author’s Belief andHopeThe Author’s Intentional Action The Author’s Metaphorical Assertion, Network, andBackgroundThe Author’sMetaphorical Assertion The Author’s Network and Background The Hebrews as Assessors Summary Chapter Four. Multi-Level Speech Acts:The Effects of Christ’sBlood in John IntroductionJohn, the Judeans, and Jesus in John John’s Illocutionary Acts and Intentional States inJohn John’s Assertives John’s Belief andHope John’s Intentional ActionJohn’s Network and BackgroundThe Judeans’ Illocutionary Act and Intentional (witht) States and John’s Report and Intensional (with s)States in John The Judeans’ Question and John’s Report The Judeans’ Intentional (with t) States ofDesire and Disbelief and John’s Intensional(with s) State of Belief The Judeans’ Intentional Action The Judeans’ Network and Background Jesus’ Illocutionary Acts and Intentional (with t)States and John’s Report and Intensional (with s)States in John Jesus’ Direct Assertives and John’s Report Jesus’ Intentional (with t) States of Belief andHope and John’s Intensional (with s) State ofBelief Jesus’ Indirect Directives and IntentionalState of Desire Jesus’ Indirect Commissives and IntentionalState of Intention Jesus’ Intentional ActionJesus’ Metaphorical Assertion, Network, andBackground The Judeans as Jesus’ Assessors John and Rev John and the Elder in Rev John and Rev John as God’s Slave, Prophet, and Seer John’s Assertive and Expressive Acts John’s Belief andHope John’s Intentional ActionJohn’s Metaphorical Assertion, Network, andBackground John’s Assessors, the Seven Churches in AsiaMinor John and the Elder in Rev John’s Illocutionary Acts and IntentionalThe Elder’s Illocutionary Acts andIntentional (with t) States and John’s Reportsand Intensional (with s) States in Rev SummaryChapter Five. Searle’s Philosophies and the Motif of Christ’s Blood:Some Proposals General Observations Summary and Synthesis:The Five Selected Texts on Christ’sBlood Summary and Synthesis: Christ’s Blood in the NT and NTTheologyAppendix: References to Christ’s Blood in the New Testament(NRSV) Benefits of Christ’s Blood Blood andWater of Jesus Christ Jesus Sharing in Flesh and Blood Miscellaneous References Indirect or Ambiguous References Appendix : General References to Blood in the New Testament(NRSV)Mortal Flesh and Blood Blood andHealth-Related Concerns Abstaining fromBloodBlood, Animal Sacrifice, and Covenant Blood, Killing, and Judgment Miscellaneous References Bibliography Index of Authors and Subjects Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Texts