Rhyming hope and history
Subtitle: theology and culture in the work of Robert Jenson
By: Russell D. Rook
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781608996001
Subjects: Aesthetics; Music; Architecture; Christianity and art; Christianity and culture; Christianity
Other titles: Rhyming hope & history
Description: The subject of "culture" has provided theologians with a whole new realm of exploration. By the turn of the twentieth century and the beginning of this new milennium the subject of culture had presented itself to theologians and church leaders for vital consideration. As one of the world's leading theologians, Robert Jenson's eminent career has coincided with the pre-eminence of culture in theological and churchly discussion. Having described himself as a theologian of culture in his earliest works, culture continually informs Jenson's systematic theology, which in turn works its way out in countless cultural forms. In Rhyming Hope and History we explore the philiosophical and theological influences of Jenson's work and outline their vast and varied applications to the world of culture and the life of the church. For Jenson, the church is the cultural embodiment of the risen Christ in the fallen reality of our world. In a series of conversations between Jenson and leading thinkers, including G.W.F. Hegel, Jonathan Edwards, Wittgenstein, Richard H. Niebuhr, Kathryn Tanner, Paul Tillich, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Augustine, and Jeremy Begbie, we explore this creative and courageous proposal.
Notes: "Works by Robert W. Jenson": p. 209-212.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-217).
Table of contents: title: A brief history in time : Jenson and time; title: Explorations in outer space : Jenson and space; title: Heaven's mandate : Jenson and language; title: Body language : Jenson and totus Christus; title: Christianese whispers : Jenson and theories of culture; title: Changing rooms : Jenson on art and architacture; title: Variations on a theme in time : Jenson and music.