God for a Secular Society: The Public Relevance of Theology

by Jürgen Moltmann, Margaret Kohl

Overview

In this masterful analysis of the religious and political dilemmas at the end of the modern age, world-renowned theologian Jrgen Moltmann assays the vaulting dreams and colossal failures of our time. He asks how we came to this point, and he argues strenuously for Christian discipleship and public theology that take sides. In both critical and creative ways he advances the specific relevance of Christian messianic hope to today's thorniest political, economic, and ecological questionsincluding human rights, environmental rights, globalization, market capitalism, fundamentalisms, and Jewish-Christian relationsand the deeper values contested therein.

In a world reeling between utopia and disaster, Moltmann here passionately and provacatively shows how Christian discipleship, through engagement and solidarity, can blaze a redemptive path.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800631840
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	03/05/1999
Edition description:	1st Fortress Press
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Jürgen Moltmann is professor emeritus of systematic theology at the University of Tübingen, Germany. He is the author of more than twenty books with Fortress Press, including The Crucified God (1973), Theology of Hope (1993), and The Spirit of Life (2001).

Margaret Kohl attended Oxford University and specialized in translating German theology after moving to Germany. She lives near Munich.