In face of reality
Subtitle: the constructive theology of Gordon D. Kaufman
By: Thomas A. James
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781608994014
Subjects: Creation; Religion and science; Person and offices; Religious aspects; Theology; God (Christianity); Philosophical theology; Natural theology; Providence and government of God
Description: "This study of the work of noted liberal theologian Gordon Kaufman tracks his career from his first published book, Relativism, knowledge, and faith (1960) through his 2006 book Jesus and Christianity, in light of recent conversations about divine action and modern scientific knowledge. James interprets Kaufman's mature position as a sophisticated reconstruction of divine activity that makes use of recent scientific theory and its naturalistic assumptions in order to revitalize a theocentric frame of reference rooted in classical theological tradition. Though there are costs to be paid in the construction of a theology of "radical naturalism," particularly with respect to the relation between divine action and the human good, Kaufman's program offers a distinctive way forward. After developing a critical analysis of the limitations and possibilities of Kaufman's mature position, James suggests that a christological reconsideration of the meaning of human flourishing offers the prospect of an even more radically naturalistic and theocentric theology."--Publisher.
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Davidson College, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-194).
Table of contents: title: God the methodological problem; title: Imagination and reality; title: Qualifying naturalism; title: Radicalizing naturalism; title: God and action; title: God's being is in becoming; title: Creativity and human flourishing.