The Shape of Practical Theology

The Shape of Practical Theology
Author: Ray S. Anderson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2001-01-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830815593

Ray S. Anderson lays out a new and renewing theological foundation for engaging in Christian ministry. Illuminated by discussion and case studies, he shows how a biblically informed approach addresses real issues in Christ's power.

Global Justice, Christology and Christian Ethics

Global Justice, Christology and Christian Ethics
Author: Lisa Sowle Cahill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2013-01-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1107028779

A Christian response to global realities of human inequality, poverty, violence and ecological destruction in the twenty-first century.

The Praxis of Suffering

The Praxis of Suffering
Author: Rebecca S. Chopp
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2007-03-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1556352786

Liberation and political theologies have emerged powerfully in recent years, interrupting the way in which First World Christians both experience and understand their faith. Through an analysis of the cultural and ecclesial contexts of these theological movements, as well as a critical examination of four of their principal exponents--Gustavo Gutierrez, Johann Baptist Metz, Jose Miguez Bonino, and Jurgen Moltmann--the author demonstrates that political and liberation theologies represent a new model of theology, one that proffers a vision of Christian witness as a praxis of solidarity with suffering persons.

Jesus, Justice, and the Reign of God

Jesus, Justice, and the Reign of God
Author: William R. Herzog
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664256760

By building on his view of Jesus first developed in Parables as Subversive Speech, William Herzog II argues that Jesus is intensely interested in the social, political, and economic well-being of humanity. He examines the conflict stories, exorcisms/healings, and the passion narrative to develop his thesis and, in the final chapter, he interprets the resurrection in light of this viewpoint.

Jesus Before Christianity

Jesus Before Christianity
Author: Albert Nolan
Publisher: David Philip Publishers
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1986
Genre:
ISBN:

The second edition of this classic has been revised and its language made more gender-inclusive.

Re-membering the Reign of God

Re-membering the Reign of God
Author: Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2022-07-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1793618968

Reflecting theologically on the 50-year history of ecclesial base communities in El Salvador, this book argues that the church of the poor is a decolonial sacrament of the reign of God. The authors challenge Christians to unlearn colonial expressions of faith, concluding with a retrieval of solidarity in the Catholic social tradition.

The Dialectics of Creation

The Dialectics of Creation
Author: Martin G. Poulsom
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2014-03-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567018016

This book investigates the philosophical components of Christian faith in creation, by analyzing the distinction and the relation between creation and its Creator.The writings of Edward Schillebeeckx and David Burrell supply a terminology of distinction and relation that shapes the discourse, following in the footsteps of Aquinas. Poulsom elucidates the relational dialectic in the thought of Schillebeeckx as a way of thinking about the Creation and offers a helpful comparison with the thought of David Burrell. Relational dialectic is an organizing principle, not only of Schillebeeckx's account of creation, but of his philosophical theology more generally. It can operate as a hermeneutic for his material on praxis and humanism, in a way that resolves some problems noted by other Schillebeeckx scholars. Poulsom's interpretation of Schillebeeckx enriches current approaches to this thinker and offers a significant contribution to thinking on the doctrine of Creation and issues surrounding the 'ontological distinction' which is of major concern in philosophical theology today.

Theology and the Dialectics of History

Theology and the Dialectics of History
Author: Robert M. Doran
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 756
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802067777

Doran draws extensively on the thought of Bernard Lonergan, and the work develops Lonergan's methodological insights.

Key Theological Thinkers

Key Theological Thinkers
Author: Svein Rise
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 801
Release: 2016-04-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317109279

The 20th and 21st Centuries have been characterized by theologians and philosophers rethinking theology and revitalizing the tradition. This unique anthology presents contributions from leading contemporary theologians - including Rowan Williams, Fergus Kerr, Aidan Nichols, G.R. Evans and Tracey Rowland - who offer portraits of over fifty key theological thinkers in the modern and postmodern era. Distinguished by its broad ecumenical perspective, this anthology spans arguably one of the most creative periods in the history of Christian theology and includes thinkers from all three Christian traditions: Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox. Each individual portrait in this anthology includes a biographical introduction, an overview of theological or philosophical writing, presentation of key thoughts, and contextual placing of the thinker within 20th Century religious discourse. Overview articles explore postmodern theology, radical orthodoxy, ecumenical theology, feminist theology, and liberation theology. A final section includes portraits of important thinkers who have influenced Christian thought from other fields, not least from Continental philosophy and literature.

Sharing Faith

Sharing Faith
Author: Thomas Groome
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 585
Release: 1998-11-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1579101968

Provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of religious education and pastoral ministry and gives an in-depth inquiry into the philosophical, educational and theological theories for sharing faith.