D'Costa Theology in the Public Square

Church, Academy, and Nation
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77546-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Challenges in Contemporary Theology

This imaginative study rethinks the nature of theology and its rolein universities.
* The author sketches out a fascinating project using examplesfrom US and UK institutions, whereby theology becomes atransformative force within universities.
* Imagines what a Christian university, in which all disciplineshave been theologized, would look like.
* Feeds into discussions about the religious identity ofdenominationally-linked colleges and universities.
* Forms part of a wider attempt to imagine a vital public rolefor theology that enables it to serve both the Church and the widercommunity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

D'Costa, Gavin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
1 Theology's Babylonian Captivity in the ModernUniversity.
2 Babylon in the Church: United States and England.
3 Cyrus Returns: Rebuilding the Temple in Babylon.
4 Why Theologians Must Pray for Release from Exile.
5 The Engagement of Virtue: a Theological Religious Studies.
6 The Marriage of the Disciplines: Explorations on theFrontier.
Epilogue: Theology: the Church at the Heart of the UniversityProclaiming the Word.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Gavin D'Costa is Reader in Christian Theology and Head of Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Bristol. He also acts as an advisor to the Church of England, the Catholic Bishop's Conference and the Vatican on issues regarding other religions. His previous publications include Theology and Religious Pluralism (Blackwell, 1986), John Hick's Theology of Religions (1987), The Trinity and the Meeting of Religions (2000), and Sexing the Trinity (2000).