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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology
Offering a bold intervention in the ongoing debate about the
relationship between 'theology' and 'science', Theology, Science
and Life proposes that the strong demarcation between the two
spheres is unsustainable; theology occurs within and not outside
what we call 'science', and 'science' occurs within and not outside
theology. The book applies this in a penetrating way to the most
topical, contentious and philosophically charged science of late
modernity: biology. Rejecting the easy dualism of expressions such
as 'theology and science', 'theology or science', modern biology is
examined so as to illuminate the nature of both. In making this
argument, the book achieves two further things. It is the first
major English-language reception and application of the thought of
philosopher Hans Jonas in theology, and it makes a decisive
contribution to the unfolding reception of 'Radical Orthodoxy', one
of the most influential schools in contemporary Anglophone
theology.
Major evangelical author with worldwide reputation as both a
biblical scholar and systematic theologian
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Not Called
(Hardcover)
Richard Kronk; Foreword by Tim Crouch
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The book is divided into three parts. Part One provides a thematic
analysis and exegetical commentary on all the relevant biblical and
cognate literature, including Josephus, Philo and the Mishnah. Part
Two investigates the thinking of key Christian theologians on the
Holy Spirit, from the Apostolic Fathers to eighteenth century
authors such as John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards. Part Three
examines more recent writings on the Spirit, from the nineteenth
century onwards, including major systematic theologians such as
Schleiermacher, Barth and Moltmann, as well as biblical scholars
such as James D G Dunn, Gordon Fee and Gerd Theissen. Thiselton
concludes the entire study by identifying seven fundamental themes,
and calling for greater dialogue between mainstream scholarship and
contemporary leaders of the Pentecostal and Renewal movements.
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