A Theology for Artisans of a New Humanity, Volume 3

A Theology for Artisans of a New Humanity, Volume 3
Author: Juan L. Segundo
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2011-05-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 161097462X

A THEOLOGY FOR ARTISANS OF A NEW HUMANITY Volume 1 The Community Called Church Volume 2 Grace and the Human Condition Volume 3 Our Idea of God Volume 4 The Sacraments Today Volume 5 Evolution and Guilt

A Theology for Artisans of a New Humanity, Volume 2

A Theology for Artisans of a New Humanity, Volume 2
Author: Juan L. Segundo
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2011-05-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1610974611

A THEOLOGY FOR ARTISANS OF A NEW HUMANITY Volume 1 The Community Called Church Volume 2 Grace and the Human Condition Volume 3 Our Idea of God Volume 4 The Sacraments Today Volume 5 Evolution and Guilt

The Collected Works of Edward Schillebeeckx Volume 7

The Collected Works of Edward Schillebeeckx Volume 7
Author: Edward Schillebeeckx
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 1039
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567299988

Christ. The Christian Experience in the Modern World focuses on the question of salvation for all people. Using seven 'anthropological constants', Schillebeeckx innovatively shows the social and political relevance of faith. Inspired by liberation and feminist theologies, he puts strong emphasis on human experience and on the importance of examining church teaching in its historical context. This volume is a testimony of Schillebeeckx' ground breaking attempt to rethink doctrine in the light of the research on the historical Jesus. Instead of starting with Christianity's great creedal statements about Christ and the Trinity, he focuses on the subjective experience of the first generations of believers as expressed in the New Testament. This choice stirred considerable controversy and a Vatican investigation but inspired and still keeps to inspire readers in their personal approach to Christian faith.

Christian Theology

Christian Theology
Author: Peter Crafts Hodgson
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780800628673

This highly acclaimed and widely used volume now in its third edition, is a collaborative presentation of the chief Christian doctrines in light of their traditional theological formulations, their historical development, and contemporary challenges. Joined by David Tracy, Langdon Gilkey, Edward Farley, Sallie McFague, and many others, Hodgson and King explore the task of theology, method, scripture and traditions, God, revelation, creation, human being, sin and evil, Christ and salvation, church, sacraments, the Spirit and Christian life, the reign of God, other religions, and "the Christian paradigm."Each chapter sets forth the primary shape and substance of a doctrine, its historical development, "how that tradition has been challenged and transformed under the pressures of modern thought," and new and persistent issues that set the agenda for future theological work.Written with intelligence and verve, and newly updated, Christian Theology has proven a superlative introduction to Christianity's classical heritage and its future theological horizons. Companion volumes include Readings in Christian Theology and Reconstructing Christian Theology.

Reconstructing the Common Good

Reconstructing the Common Good
Author: Gary J. Dorrien
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2008-05-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1592449492

This landmark study in the history and theory of modern Christian socialism examines the work of such major figures as Rauschenbusch, Tillich, Moltmann, GutiŽrrez, and M'guez Bonino. Dorrien argues that these theologians provide a singular context for addressing questions of freedom and totalitarianism, sacralization and democratization, individual autonomy and the common good. He focuses on the differing conceptions of the common good that these major theorists have propounded, and explicates as well their theological arguments on the relationship between the Kingdom of God and projects of historical praxis. With a new Preface addressing the tumultuous events in Eastern Europe, Reconstructing the Common Good develops and sustains a forceful argument for the continuing relevance of a decentralized, pluralistic, democratic form of socialism.

Relationality and the Concept of God

Relationality and the Concept of God
Author: Henry Jansen
Publisher: Rodopi
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1995
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9789051838121

Classical theism, the dominant tradition in Christian theology, has stressed the metaphysical concept of God, i.e., God's ontological transcendence and independence from the world. In this century, however, this concept of God has increasingly met with criticism. On the basis of the Bible and new philosophical considerations, it is argued that a relational concept of God better answers the fundamental concerns of the Christian faith. In this book the author investigates the questions of whether one can conceive of God apart from the metaphysical attributes and whether reflection on the biblical depiction of God leads necessarily to a relational concept of God. The author explores the questions by examining the relational concepts of God found in two contemporary German theologians, Jurgen Moltmann and Wolfhart Pannenberg, and uses the divine attribute of immutability as a focus for the discussion. He argues that the relational concept of God presupposes another metaphysical conception of God, which raises problems as serious as those in classical theism, and that the Bible itself, because of its nature as a narrative text, is ambiguous in many respects as far as God is concerned. A truly Christian doctrine of God must take both the metaphysical and relational aspects of God into account."

Freedom and Existence

Freedom and Existence
Author: Matthew Aaron Tennant
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2023-08-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3111197182

Is theology a dead corpse or living organism? For Uruguayan Jesuit Juan Luis Segundo (1925-1996), theology is dynamic. Freedom and existence for central themes. Segundo believed that theology should be transformative in human lives. For a theology to be transformative, there must be a connection to existence. That is, it must be existential. Yet most scholars have overlooked this assumption in critical analyses of liberation theology. This prima facie connection to existence is distinguishable from existentialism as a school of philosophy. By showing the significant existential dimension to Segundo's theology, assessing his work and contribution to twentieth-century theology relates to freedom, ecumenism, the role of faith in society, and the relationship between faith and ideologies.

Disciplining the Divine

Disciplining the Divine
Author: Paul Fletcher
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2013-05-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1409478254

Disciplining the Divine offers the first comprehensive treatment of the Social Model of the Trinity, exploring its central place within much theological discourse of the past half century, including its relation to wider cultural and political concerns. The book highlights the manner in which theologians have attempted to make the doctrine of God relevant to modern issues and outlooks and it charts the conditions that have necessitated such a reconfiguration of theological analysis. While interrogatory in tone and intent, Disciplining the Divine nevertheless provides a critical reconstruction of a Christian theology and practice which might be undertaken within the political and cultural contexts of the new millennium.

God Encountered

God Encountered
Author: Frans Jozef van Beeck
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1997
Genre: Catholic Church
ISBN: 9780814658772

"A Michael Glazier book"--Vol. 2, pt. 2, t.p. Vol. 2 published by the Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minn. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. v. 1. Understanding the Christian faith -- v. 2. The revelation of the glory. pt. 1. Introduction and fundamental theology. pt. 2. One God, creator of all that is. pt. 3. Finitude and fall. pt. 4A. The genealogy of depravity: morality and immorality.