The Future of Theology
Subtitle: Essays in Honor of Jurgen Moltmann
Contributors: Jurgen Moltmann (Editor); Miroslav Volf (Editor); Thomas Kucharz (Editor)
Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
Published: March 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780802838070
Subjects: Christian theology; Theology (General); Religion - Theology; Religion; Christianity - Theology - General; Moltmann, Jurgen; Moltmann, Jèurgen; Theology
Description: "In honor of Jurgen Moltmann's 70th birthday, twenty-six of the world's leading theologians - his friends, colleagues, interlocutors, and former students - have contributed to this volume on the future of theology. Moltmann himself has always sought to be both contemporary and future-oriented: his theology can be viewed as an exercise not only from the perspective of God's future but also toward a new human future. Thus, a book on the future of theology takes up an aspect of "his" theme and "his" concern." "The essays in this volume attempt to revitalize theology as it confronts a difficult future. Despite the formidable obstacles that threaten the very survival of theology in the next century - religious and cultural plurality; the marginalization of theology in public discourse; increasing abstraction in the practice of theology; pressing issues of gender, race, poverty, and ecology; the seemingly archaic voice of theology in post-Christian societies - the contributors to this volume all believe in the future of theology as a vibrant discipline."--BOOK JACKET.