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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Theology
The key question this volume addresses is 'how does Bonhoeffer's
thought help to re(dis)cover the doctrine of Christ's two natures
and one person and understand and renew it in its significance for
a modern post-metaphysical and secular world?' The volume takes a
fresh look at Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christology and brings it into
a fruitful dialogue with current Christological debates. In a
multi-perspectival, pluralistic world, Bonhoeffer's thinking offers
a productive basis for conceptually incorporating the openness
required for this task into academic theology. Bonhoeffer's
theology offers a starting point for the recovery of a productive
Christology that reflects the plurality of the globalized world, as
Bonhoeffer's Christology begins precisely with this integration
into worldly reality, whereby the world is understood in its
plurality and polyphony. In this way, he characterizes his
enterprise as follows: "What keeps gnawing at me is the question,
what is Christianity, or who is Christ actually for us today" (DBWE
8, 362). Accordingly, it opens itself up not only to
inner-Christian discussion but also to non-Christian worldviews,
from which a basic ethical demand follows.
This textbook explores the Lutheran theological tradition. Kirsi
Stjerna looks at Lutheran sources, vocabulary and focal points
through the lens of the Augsburg Confession and the Large
Catechism, developing a distinctive Lutheran faith language that
resonates with contemporary contexts and inquirers. Lutheran
Theology gives students the tools they need to understand Lutheran
perspectives in the light of historical sources, to see the
underlying motivations of past theological discourses and to apply
this knowledge to current debates. Introducing the Book of Concord
and Martin Luther’s freedom theology, it shows them how to engage
critically and constructively with key topics in theology and
spirituality, such as freedom and confession. Stjerna pays
particular attention to the contribution of women theologians, and
empowers students to bring Lutheran theology into conversation with
other faith languages and traditions. This textbook includes an
extensive range of pedagogical features: - A discussion guide for
each chapter - Chapter-specific learning objectives - Key terms in
bold, boxed text sections that identify points of debate,
discussion of central topics, study questions and a glossary
This is a new interpretation of Dostoevsky’s novel The Brothers
Karamazov that scrutinizes it as a performative event (the
“polyphony” of the novel) revealing its religious,
philosophical, and social meanings through the interplay of
mentalités or worldviews that constitute an aesthetic whole. This
way of discerning the novel’s social vision of sobornost’ (a
unity between harmony and freedom), its vision of hope, and its
more subtle sacramental presuppositions, raises Tilley’s
interpretation beyond the standard “theology and literature”
treatments of the novel and interpretations that treat the novel as
providing solutions to philosophical problems. Tilley develops
Bakhtin’s thoughtful analysis of the polyphony of the novel using
communication theory and readers/hearer response criticism, and by
using Bakhtin's operatic image of polyphony to show the error of
taking "faith vs. reason", argues that at the end of the novel, the
characters learned to carry on, in a quiet shared commitment to
memory and hope.
This volume demonstrates how Friedrich Schleiermacher's thought can
be used to address contemporary doctrinal refinement and
development. Taking a constructive approach, Shelli M. Poe weaves
Schleiermacher's theology together with current scholarship in
feminism, womanism, ecotheology, and queer theology. While
Schleiermacher is widely acclaimed as the progenitor of modern
theology, Poe is one of the first to use his work as a springboard
to refine contemporary doctrine. This book demonstrates the promise
of Schleiermacher's mature work for contemporary constructive forms
of theology.
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