Shaping Theology

Engagements in a Religious and Secular World
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7721-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 526 g

This is an innovative book about the shape theology takes in its varied interactions – religious and secular, local and global, historical and contemporary, academic and practical.


- An innovative book about the shape of theology in reaction to its relationship with the Church, with theologians, with other religions, and with the university

- Written by David Ford, recognized internationally as one of the most creative of contemporary theologians

- Considers how theology shapes other areas of life via its conversations in the public sphere and with non-faith communities

- Views theology as both a way of thinking and a way of living, and considers how this lived character cannot be entirely grasped through reason alone

- The first volume to bring together a complete and well-rounded account of theology’s interaction with all its conversation partners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ford, David F

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Permissions.
Acknowledgements.

Prologue.

Part I: The Wisdom of Theology.

1. Theology.

2. A Long Rumour of Wisdom. Redescribing Theology.

Part II: Wisdom among the Religions.

3. Faith and Change: A Christian Understanding.

4. Reading Scripture with Intensity: Academic, Ecclesial, Interfaith, and Divine.

5. Developing Scriptural Reasoning Further: Reflections on Scripture, Reason and the Contemporary Islam--West Encounter.

Part III: Wisdom in the University.

6. Knowledge, Meaning and the World's Great Challenges: Reinventing Cambridge University in the Twenty-first Century.

7. Faith and Universities in a Religious and Secular World.

Part IV: Theological Interpretation of the Bible.

8. Divine Initiative, Human Response, and Wisdom: Interpreting 1 Corinthians Chapters 1--3.

9. Barth’s Interpretation of the Bible.

Part IV: Thinking Further -- Theological Topics.

10. The God of Blessing Who Loves in Wisdom.

11. Tragedy and Atonement.

12. Apophasis and the Shoah: Where was Jesus Christ at Auschwitz?.

Conclusion: Twelve Theses for Christian Theology in the Twenty-first Century.

Index

Über Autor(innen)

David F. Ford is Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of numerous books, including: Christian Wisdom: Desiring God and Learning in Love (2007), The Modern Theologians, 3rd edition (edited with Rachel Muers, Blackwell, 2005), and Theology: A Very Short Introduction (2000). He is a member of the editorial board of a number of major journals, including Modern Theology and Scottish Journal of Theology.