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Considers the relationship between Christianity and culture
This book examines the relationship between divine in/activity and
human agency in the five books of the Megilloth-the books of Ruth,
Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, and Esther. As works of
literature dating to the early Second Temple period (ca. 6th-3rd
centuries BCE), these books and the implicit interpretation of
these particular themes reflect the diverse cultural and
theological dynamics of the time. Megan Fullerton Strollo contends
that the themes themselves as well as the correlation between them
should be interpreted as implicit theology insofar as they
represent reflective interpretation of earlier theological
traditions. With regard to divine in/activity, she argues that the
Megilloth presents a certain level of skepticism or critical
analysis of the Deity. From doubt to protest, the books of the
Megilloth grapple with received traditions of divine providence and
present experiences of absence, abandonment, and distance. As a
correlative to divine in/activity, human agency is presented as
consequential. In addition, the portrayal of human agency serves as
a theological response insofar as the books advance the theme
through specific references to and reevaluations of earlier
theocentric traditions.
Mujerista Theology is a comprehensive introduction to Hispanic
feminist theology written from the heart and the convictions of
experience. Continually drawing on her Cuban roots, Isasi-Diaz
focuses on the life journeys and struggles of Hispanic women as she
develops a theology to support and empower their daily struggles
for meaning. With her own life journey always firmly connected to
the grassroots experience of Hispanic women and to the struggle for
liberation, Isasi-Diaz is a major spokesperson for the continuing
need for liberation theology today. The first part of Mujerista
Theology describes the experience of self-discovery: what it is
like to live in a foreign land as the oppressed "other". The second
part focuses on the methodology of doing mujerista theology and its
major themes: solidarity, empowerment, anthropology, encountering
God, and liturgy and rituals.
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Deconverted
(Hardcover)
Jeffery Childress, John S. Knox; Foreword by Kenneth G. Warren
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A collection of texts and essays focused on how the work of
Christianity is affected by other religious traditions.
How can Christians relate to people of other religious
traditions, or even non-believers whose lives truly embody the
unconditional divine love given to all at creation? This question
is urgent in the world of the twenty-first century, a world beset
with many serious problems and marked by a wide variety of
religious traditions that present differing claims.
This book explores how we as Christians relate to and engage
religious "Others" in constructive ways as we carry out our tasks
of mission and ministry to the world. The first part of this book
includes texts, beginning with the New Testament and working
through the early church Fathers to theologians of today, that
indicate ways forward. The essays in the second part of The Gospel
among the Nations explore ways of living together in ministry that
broaden and deepen our understanding of other traditions and help
us to become more firmly rooted in our own lives as Christians
living in a world of many traditions.
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