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The Postfoundationalist Task of Theology

Author : F. LeRon Shults
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802846860
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (468 download)

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Book Synopsis The Postfoundationalist Task of Theology by : F. LeRon Shults

Download or read book The Postfoundationalist Task of Theology written by F. LeRon Shults and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the theological writings of Wolfhart Pannenberg have exerted considerable influence. However, Pannenberg's work has also been criticized for not taking seriously the postmodern challenge to traditional conceptions of rationality and truth. This volume by F. LeRon Shults argues that the popular "foundationalist" reading of Pannenberg is a misinterpretation of his methodology and shows that, in fact, the structural dynamics of Pannenberg's approach offer significant resources for the postfoundationalist task of theology in our postmodern culture. Shults begins by laying out the first comprehensive summary and interpretation of the emerging postfoundationalist model of theological rationality. He then revisits Pannenberg's theological method and finds the German theologian to be a surprising ally in the quest to reconstruct a theological rationality along postfoundationalist lines. In the course of his discussion, Shults challenges views that see the future, reason, or history as the central concept of Pannenberg's thought and offers instead a new interpretation of Pannenberg's basic theological principle as understanding and explaining all things sub ratione Dei (under the aspect of the relation to God)-an interpretation endorsed by Pannenberg himself in the book's foreword. Shults also focuses on Pannenberg's unique way of linking philosophical and systematic theology and demonstrates how the underlying reciprocity of this method can carry over into the postfoundational concern to link hermeneutics and epistemology in the postmodern context.

Postfoundationalist Reflections in Practical Theology

Author : Brian C. Macallan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630873373
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Postfoundationalist Reflections in Practical Theology by : Brian C. Macallan

Download or read book Postfoundationalist Reflections in Practical Theology written by Brian C. Macallan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-06-09 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postfoundationalist Reflections in Practical Theology seeks to explore the implications of a Postfoundationalist theology for the discipline of Practical Theology. While moving beyond the modernist and postmodernist debates, it charts a way forward for a theology that is bound by neither relativism nor certainty. It believes that Practical Theology is well suited to this task by its very nature and methodology.

God and the Future

Author : Christiaan Mostert
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 056726243X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (672 download)

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Book Synopsis God and the Future by : Christiaan Mostert

Download or read book God and the Future written by Christiaan Mostert and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg.Pannenberg's extensive works, especially his recently published Systematic Theology, are increasingly regarded as of major importance. Professor Mostert here provides not only a general introduction to Pannenberg's theology, and many keys to enable the serious reader of theology to access Pannenberg's individual works, but also sets Pannenberg's complex thought in the broadest context of contemporary philosophical and theological thought.

Reforming Theological Anthropology

Author : F. LeRon Shults
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802848871
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Book Synopsis Reforming Theological Anthropology by : F. LeRon Shults

Download or read book Reforming Theological Anthropology written by F. LeRon Shults and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2003-02-20 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the profound changes in today's intellectual and scientific landscape, traditional ways of speaking about human nature, sin, and the image of God have lost their explanatory power. In this volume F.LeRon Shults explores the challenges to and opportunities for rethinking current religious views of humankind in contemporary Western culture. From philosophy to theology, from physics to psychology, we find a turn to the categories of "relationality." Shults briefly traces this history from Aristotle to Levinas, showing its impact on the Christian doctrine of anthropology, and he argues that the biblical understanding of humanity has much to contribute to today's dialogue on persons and on human becoming in relation to God and others. Shults's work stands as a potent effort to reform theological anthropology in a way that restores its relevance to contemporary interpretations of the world and our place in it.

American Theology, Superhero Comics, and Cinema

Author : Anthony Mills
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135014361
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis American Theology, Superhero Comics, and Cinema by : Anthony Mills

Download or read book American Theology, Superhero Comics, and Cinema written by Anthony Mills and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan Lee, who was the head writer of Marvel Comics in the early 1960s, co-created such popular heroes as Spider-Man, Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, and Daredevil. This book traces the ways in which American theologians and comic books of the era were not only both saying things about what it means to be human, but, starting with Lee they were largely saying the same things. Author Anthony R. Mills argues that the shift away from individualistic ideas of human personhood and toward relational conceptions occurring within both American theology and American superhero comics and films does not occur simply on the ontological level, but is also inherent to epistemology and ethics, reflecting the comprehensive nature of human life in terms of being, knowing, and acting. This book explores the idea of the "American monomyth" that pervades American hero stories and examines its philosophical and theological origins and specific manifestations in early American superhero comics. Surveying the anthropologies of six American theologians who argue against many of the monomyth’s assumptions, principally the staunch individualism taken to be the model of humanity, and who offer relationality as a more realistic and ethical alternative, this book offers a detailed argument for the intimate historical relationship between the now disparate fields of comic book/superhero film creation, on the one hand, and Christian theology, on the other, in the United States. An understanding of the early connections between theology and American conceptions of heroism helps to further make sense of their contemporary parallels, wherein superhero stories and theology are not strictly separate phenomena but have shared origins and concerns.

The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures

Author : D. A. Carson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802865763
Total Pages : 1256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures by : D. A. Carson

Download or read book The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures written by D. A. Carson and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 1256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, thirty-seven first-rate evangelical scholars present a thorough study of biblical authority and a full range of issues connected to it. Recognizing that Scripture and its authority are now being both challenged and defended with renewed vigor, editor D.A. Carson assigned the topics that these select scholars address in the book. After an introduction by Carson to the many facets of the current discussion, the contributors present robust essays on relevant historical, biblical, theological, philosophical, epistemological, and comparative-religions topics. To conclude, Carson answers a number of frequently asked questions about the nature of Scripture, cross-referencing these FAQs to the preceding chapters. This comprehensive volume by a team of recognized experts will be the go-to reference on the nature and authority of the Bible for years to come. -- Amazon.

Evangelical Review of Theology, Volume 46, Number 1, February 2022

Author : Thomas Schirrmacher
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 166673814X
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Book Synopsis Evangelical Review of Theology, Volume 46, Number 1, February 2022 by : Thomas Schirrmacher

Download or read book Evangelical Review of Theology, Volume 46, Number 1, February 2022 written by Thomas Schirrmacher and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-02-10 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ERT publishes quality articles and book reviews from around the world (both original and reprinted) from an evangelical perspective, reflecting global evangelical scholarship for the purpose of discerning the obedience of faith, and of relevance and importance to its international readership of theologians, educators, church leaders, missionaries, administrators and students. The journal is published as a ministry rather than as a commercial project, seeking to be of service to the worldwide spread of the gospel and the building up of the church and its leadership, in co-ordination with the World Evangelical Alliance’s broader mission and activities.

Christianity Outside the Church

Author : Jae Yang
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1978715919
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (787 download)

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Book Synopsis Christianity Outside the Church by : Jae Yang

Download or read book Christianity Outside the Church written by Jae Yang and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolfhart Pannenberg’s understanding of “public,” based on his view of revelation as history, is that everything is potentially a theology. Of course, a public theology of everything is impossible; therefore, Jae Yang develops a Pannenbergian public theology by correlating Pannenberg’s theological methods (postfoundational, eschatological, and trinitarian) with the aims and methods of public theology, and second, with Pannenberg’s views on various spheres, arguing that Pannenberg’s public theology engages not just the academic world, but also the political, economic, familial, religious, and cultural ones. This book argues that Pannenberg is a public theologian because the public purpose of his theology is not to coerce or inject a Christian agenda onto the public (political theology), challenge and subvert unjust structures (liberation theology), or substitute overtly Christian religion with a publicly palatable secular and vaguely religious one (civil religion), but to cooperate and dialogue with the established order under the presumption of a “Christianity outside the church.”

Role of the Holy Spirit in Protestant Systematic Theology

Author : Wilson Varkey
Publisher : Langham Creative Projects
ISBN 13 : 1907713182
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Role of the Holy Spirit in Protestant Systematic Theology by : Wilson Varkey

Download or read book Role of the Holy Spirit in Protestant Systematic Theology written by Wilson Varkey and published by Langham Creative Projects. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a meticulously researched text on pneumatology which puts the major pneumatological issues together without confining to the traditional way of dealing with the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Although pneumatology has been a neglected field in theological discussions of the past, there is a renewal of interest among theologians on pneumatology today. This renewal of interest has led to the formation of this work on the role of the Holy Spirit in the Protestant Systematic Theology. Through highlighting the role and significance of the Holy Spirit in the whole divine action, this volume contends that pneumatology is not a dull theological locus, but rather an essential theological disposition relevant for today. The detailed arguments found within challenge and inspire the contemporary pneumatological discussions as it relates to all the facets of theological reflection and action.

The Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology

Author : William James Abraham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019966224X
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology by : William James Abraham

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology written by William James Abraham and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work features forty-one original essays which reflect a broad range of perspectives and methodological assumptions. It focuses on standard epistemic concepts that are usually thought of as questions about norms and sources of theology (including reasoning, experience, tradition, scripture, and revelation). Furthermore it explores general epistemic concepts that can be related to theology (i.e. wisdom, understanding, virtue, evidence, testimony, scepticism, and disagreement). Each chapter provides an analysis of the crucial issues and debates while identifying and articulating the relevant epistemic considerations. This work will stimulate future research.

Theological Hermeneutics in the Classical Pentecostal Tradition

Author : L. William Oliverio Jr.
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004231927
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Theological Hermeneutics in the Classical Pentecostal Tradition by : L. William Oliverio Jr.

Download or read book Theological Hermeneutics in the Classical Pentecostal Tradition written by L. William Oliverio Jr. and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Theological Hermeneutics in the Classical Pentecostal Tradition: A Typological Account, L. William Oliverio Jr. accounts for the development of Classical Pentecostal theology, as theological hermeneutics, through four types: the original Classical Pentecostal hermeneutic, the Evangelical-Pentecostal hermeneutic, the contextual-Pentecostal hermeneutic, and the ecumenical-Pentecostal hermeneutic. Oliverio gives special attention to key figures in shaping Pentecostal theology and the underlying philosophical assumptions which informed their theological interpretations of reality. The text concludes with a philosophical basis for future Pentecostal theological hermeneutics within the contours of a hermeneutical realism that affirms both the hermeneutical nature of all theology and the implicit affirmation of realism within theological accounts.

The Trinitarian Theology of Stanley J. Grenz

Author : Jason S. Sexton
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567045145
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Book Synopsis The Trinitarian Theology of Stanley J. Grenz by : Jason S. Sexton

Download or read book The Trinitarian Theology of Stanley J. Grenz written by Jason S. Sexton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring one of the most controversial figures in recent evangelical theology, this book thoroughly examines core features of Stanley J. Grenz's Trinitarian vision.

A Critical Realist’s Theological Method

Author : Douglas W. Kennard
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725248085
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis A Critical Realist’s Theological Method by : Douglas W. Kennard

Download or read book A Critical Realist’s Theological Method written by Douglas W. Kennard and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Critical Realist's Theological Method explores a systematic theology method grounded in critical realism in the wake of Alister McGrath, Imre Lakatos, Nancey Murphy, N. T. Wright, and Dale Allison. Kennard surveys philosophical and traditional theological approaches for contributions and limitations in order to set out a method for theology and science. Kennard extends this method to a Thiselton-Ricoeur hermeneutic that can fund insightful exegesis and Biblical theology in the wake of Ladd, Dunn, Vos, and Goldingay. This Biblical theology method is illustrated by wisdom literature, the traditional reef of the discipline and then developed for the contributions toward systematic theology as Gabler had originally envisioned. With contextualized Scripture sourcing most of the content for systematic theology the trajectory is shown in the subtitle Returning the Bible and Biblical Theology to be the Framer for Theology and Science. The method is exampled in exegesis of creation texts which frame possibilities for science. Likewise, Biblical theology frames a bio-ethics integration of psychology and theology setting out a transactional model for psychological recovery with University of Chicago professor Paul Holmes. A theology for peer review and work is also framed.

Christ and Reconciliation

Author : Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467437514
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Book Synopsis Christ and Reconciliation by : Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen

Download or read book Christ and Reconciliation written by Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-26 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first installment in a wide and deep constructive theology for our time In Christ and Reconciliation Veli-Matti Karkkainen develops a constructive Christology and theology of salvation in dialogue with the best of Christian tradition, with contemporary theology in its global and contextual diversity, and with other major living faiths. Karkkainen's Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World is a five-volume project that aims to develop a new approach to and method of doing Christian theology in our pluralistic world at the beginning of the third millennium. Topics such as diversity, inclusivity, violence, power, cultural hybridity, and justice are part of the constructive theological discussion along with classical topics such as the messianic consciousness, incarnation, atonement, and the person of Christ. With the metaphor of hospitality serving as the framework for his discussion, Karkkainen engages Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism in sympathetic and critical mutual dialogue while remaining robustly Christian in his convictions. Never before has a full-scale doctrinal theology been attempted in such a wide and deep dialogical mode.

The Unity of Theology

Author : Theodore James Whapham
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451472455
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book The Unity of Theology written by Theodore James Whapham and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wolfhart Pannenberg is among the most important Protestant Continental theologians of the twentieth century. This volume offers the first full historical and thematic survey of Pannenberg‘s corpus, from his early work in Christology and eschatology, to his writings on science, anthropology, theology and the university, and the pivotal achievement of his systematic theology. As such, the project will make a significant contribution to theological assessment and will be a useful text for students and scholars in modern and contemporary theology.

Human Significance in Theology and the Natural Sciences

Author : Christopher L. Fisher
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 162189231X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis Human Significance in Theology and the Natural Sciences by : Christopher L. Fisher

Download or read book Human Significance in Theology and the Natural Sciences written by Christopher L. Fisher and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-02-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval worldview that regarded human beings as at the center of God's plans for His universe has long been regarded as obsolete; its synthesis of Christian theology and Greek philosophy having collapsed under the weight of Copernicus, Galileo, and Darwin. The popular stereotype is that Science, both in the Copernican revolution that dethroned the earth-centered view of the cosmos and in subsequent developments in evolutionary theory and general relativity, has marginalized and trivialized human existence, revealing humanity's "place in the cosmos" to be accidental, peripheral, and ultimately meaningless. However, an investigation into both modern Christian theology and contemporary twenty-first century Science reveals just the opposite, providing solid evidence in the interdisciplinary dialogue concerning the significance of humanity within the universe. In this important study, Christopher Fisher analyzes several modern theologians, including Wolfhart Pannenberg, Karl Rahner, and John Zizioulas, to reveal how contemporary ecumenical theology is deeply and intrinsically committed to a high view of human cosmic significance as a consequence of Christianity's indelible Trinitarian and incarnational faith. Fisher then demonstrates how research in contemporary natural Science confirms this finding in its own way, as recent primate intelligence studies, artificial intelligence research, and even the quest for extra-terrestrial intelligence reveal the wonder of human uniqueness. A contemporary version of the teleological argument also resurfaces in consideration of cosmic evolutionary perspectives on human existence. Even ecological concerns take on a new poignancy with the realization that, among material creatures, only human beings are capable of addressing the world's situation. This interdisciplinary study uncovers the surprising coherence and convergence of Christian Theology and Natural Science on the subject of human existence and significance here at the beginning of the twenty-first century, and it highlights the very unique role of humanity in global and cosmic history.

Between Vision and Obedience - Rethinking Theological Epistemology

Author : George Ille
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227902181
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (279 download)

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Book Synopsis Between Vision and Obedience - Rethinking Theological Epistemology by : George Ille

Download or read book Between Vision and Obedience - Rethinking Theological Epistemology written by George Ille and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary discussions of problems of selfhood and knowledge have offered a wide range of solutions, from calls for a new Enlightenment (in the face of the resurgence of myth and the irrational), to attempts to 're-enchant the world' (in the face of the growth of an impersonal instrumental Reason). In Between Vision and Obedience - Rethinking Theological Epistemology, George Ille offers a theological response to these competing views, with the specific purpose of evaluating the present state of epistemological rationality in theology. Ille anchors his concerns historically and thematically through the work of the philosophers Paul Ricouer and G.F.W. Hegel. Invoking theological insights from Eastern and Western philosophies, and seeking recourse to a number of philosophers and theologians from both the continental and analytical traditions, he traces the contours of a theological rationality freed from both modern and post-modern hermeneutical anxieties. He proposes a rationality that follows the drama of God's engagement with the world through dying and resurrection, ascesis and abundance, suffering witness and eucharistic communion. This important text challenges and reframes existing theological and philosophical engagements with hermeneutics and epistemology. The new critical perspective it offers will be an invaluable resource for academics and scholars across the humanities.