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In today's society characterized by pluralism and transition,
theology is increasingly being done in conversation with other
disciplines - a process that is challenging narrow conceptions of
God's work in the world. John W. de Gruchy has been at the
forefront of efforts to reimagine theology as an interdisciplinary
task, and this volume not only honors de Gruchy's work but uses it
as a wellspring for theology in the twenty-first century. The title
explores the relationship between Christian theology and a wide
range of disciplines drawn from the arts, humanities, and sciences.
These engaging chapters reveal the contributions that other facets
of life can make to Christian thought while also upholding the
vital religious grounding that theology brings to conversations
about culture, politics, ethics, history, sociology, and other
topics.
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Christology (Hardcover)
Ralf K. Wustenberg; Translated by Martin Rumscheidt, Christine Schliesser
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How is it that Islam is so feared and misunderstood among
Christians? Is there any possibility of an open dialogue between
Muslims and Christians that will lead to a greater understanding of
both? Wustenberg explores these and other questions in an in-depth
investigation of Islam, using as his guide the teachings of the
revered Muslim scholar, Al-Ghazali, and placing them in dialogue
with those of the protestant theologian and Reformer, John Calvin.
The journey of discovery offered in this book is of long-lasting
value to both Christians and Muslims as they seek to find common
ground in understanding the most important and basic tenets of each
other's faith.
Bonhoeffer was convinced that God spoke to his people through the
Bible. How did a theologian of his caliber, who was well acquainted
with the historical-critical interpretation of the scriptures,
justify such a claim, and how did he apply this conviction to his
daily challenges as theologian, pastor and political dissident
during the Nazi regime? This book presents the attempts by a group
of international Bonhoeffer scholars to answer some of these
questions. By approaching Bonhoeffer's theology from a number of
different hermeneutical angles, the contributions in this volume
cast new light both on his more general hermeneutical framework and
on specific theological and political issues concerning his reading
of the Bible. The essays underline Bonhoeffer's contemporary
relevance for the current resurgence of theological interpretation
and for postmodern discussions about the interpretive nature of
truth.
What might the often cited phrases from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's
prison theology mean for the ethical discourse at the beginning of
the 21st century? Which hermeneutical concepts might enable
contemporary religious thinkers to enter into a dialogue with
Bonhoeffer's thought? This collection of lectures will address
questions like these both by examining the intellectual, cultural
and historical origins of Bonhoeffer's Tegel Theology and by
drawing out the ethical consequences of Bonhoeffer's contribution
for current political discourses. Going Bonhoeffer and Beyond - as
the title indicates - means interpreting contemporary issues like
religious pluralism and political ethics in the light of
Bonhoeffer's key ideas such as his Christological Ğlife-concept or
his ethical distinction between the Ğultimate and the penultimate
things.
This first volume of the new series International Bonhoeffer
Interpretations (IBI) contains several impulses for translating
Bonhoeffer's key ideas on Religion, Religionlessness and the Church
into current contexts. These impulses vary from prospects for a
Christian university looking at Bonhoeffer's distinction between
the 'ultimate and the penultimate things' to an ethical
understanding of Bonhoeffer's 'as-if-theology' in the light of
Luther's distinction between law and gospel; from a fresh
perspective on Bonhoeffer's religionless Christianity in the light
of his thought on 'oikumene' to a Christological re-interpretation
of repentance as the contribution of religionless Christianity to
the task of the Church in the United States of America. The
impulses are framed by programmatic contributions suggesting a
framework for reading Bonhoeffer in the 21st century in his
hermeneutic exploration of Bonhoeffer's theology and the crises of
Western culture, and analyzing 'religionless Christianity' in a
complexly religious and secular world.
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