Reconstructing Christian Theology

by Rebecca S. Chopp

Overview

Christian theology needs to be reconstructed in light of recent and momentous intellectual changes, social revolutions, and steep pedagogical challenges. That is the conviction of many of North America's leading theologians whose close collaboration over several years bring us this exciting volume.

Reconstructing Christian Theology introduces theology in such a way that readers can discern the relevance of historical materials, pose theological questions, and begin to think theologically for themselves. Further, like other projects of the Workgroup on Constructive Theology, this volume stems from a deep desire to model a credible, creative, and engaged contemporary theology. So each chapter tackles major Christian teaching, juxtaposes it with a significant social or cultural challenge, and then reconstructs each in light of the other. The result is an innovative and compelling way to learn how theology can contribute to rethinking the most pressing issues of our day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451416510
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	11/28/1994
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	494 KB

About the Author

Rebecca S. Chopp is Interim Provost, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Professor of Theology at Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, and author of The Power to Speak: Feminism, Language, Godand coeditor of Reconstructing Christian Theology (Fortress Press).

Mark Lewis Taylor is the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Theology and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is author of The Executed God: The Way of the Cross in Lockdown America (Fortress Press, 2001) and Remembering Esperanza: A Cultural-Political Theology for North American Praxis. He is also editor of Paul Tillich: Theologian of the Boundaries (Fortress Press, 1991) and co-editor of Reconstructing Christian Theology (Fortress Press, 1994).

Table of Contents

Preface

Contributors

Introduction: Crisis, Hope, and Contemporary Theology

Rebecca S. Chopp and Mark Lewis Taylor

God, Sexism, and Transformation

Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki

God, Religious Pluralism, and Dialogic Encounter

David B. Burrell, C.S.C.

The Bible, The Global Context, and the Discipleship of Equals

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza

Creation, Environmental Crisis, and Ecological Justice

Kathryn Tanner

Creation, Handicappism, and the Community of Differing Abilities

Dawn De Vries

Human Beings, Embodiment, and Our Home the Earth

Scallie McFague

Human Beings, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice

Sharon D. Welch

Militarism, Evil, and the Reign of God

Walter Lowe

Sin, Addiction, and Freedom

Linda A. Mercadante

Christology, Anti-Semitism, and Christian-Jewish Bonding

John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M.

Christian Redemption between Colonialism and Pluralism

Francis Schüssler Fiorenza

The Church, Classism, and Ecclesial Community

Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite and Peter Crafts Hodgson

Eschatology, Ecology, and a Green Ecumenacy

Catherine Keller

Eschatology, White Supremacy, and the Beloved Community

James H. Evans, Jr.

Index