Theology as Conversation: The Significance of Dialogue in Historical and Contemporary TheologyBruce McCormack, Kimlyn J. Bender Foreword / Kimlyn J. Bender and Bruce L. McCormack -- Engagements with the theology of Karl Barth, Christ and canon, theology and history : the Barth-Harnack dialogue revisited / Kimlyn J. Bender -- Argue theologically with one another : Karl Barth's argument with Emil Brunner / Gerhard Sauter -- God's being is his own decision : the Jüngel-Gollwitzer "debate" revisited / Bruce L. McCormack -- The time that remains : Hans-Georg Geyer in the intellectual debate about a central question in the twentieth century / Gerrit Neven -- Echoes of Barth in Jon Sobrino's critique of natural theology : a dialogue in the context of post-colonial theology / Matthew D. Lundberg -- "Beautiful playing" : Moltmann, Barth, and the work of the Christian / Cynthia L. Rigby -- Conversations with traditional theological topics "inspired heterodoxy" : the freedom of theological inquiry and the well-being of the church / Dawn DeVries -- What is the meaning of revelation? : H. Richard Niebuhr, modernism, and nicene Christianity / George Hunsinger -- Interpretatio in bonem partem : Jürgen Moltmann on the immanent Trinity / Thomas R. Thompson -- God's body or beloved other? : Sallie McFague and Jürgen Moltmann on God and creation / David J. Bryant -- In search of a non-violent atonement theory : are Abelard and Girard a help or a problem? / Gregory Anderson Love -- The people of God in Christian theology / Katherine Sonderegger -- Will all be saved or only a few? : a dialogue between faith and grace / Jürgen Moltmann -- Wholly called, holy callings : questioning the secular/sacred distinctions in vocation / Stephen L. Stell -- Theological identity : a dance of loyalty / Kathleen D. Billman -- Luther's ghost : ein gluehender backofen voller liebe / George Newlands -- Theology in dialog with society and culture : which forms and themes should Christian theology uphold in dialog with secular culture? / Michael Welker -- Faith in the public square / David Fergusson -- Reading for preaching : the preacher in conversation with story-tellers, biographers, poets, and journalists / Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. -- Charles Hodge as a public theologian / John Stewart. |
Contents
Contents | 17 |
The JüngelGollwitzer Debate Revisited | 48 |
HansGeorg Geyer in the Intellectual | 67 |
Moltmann Barth and | 101 |
Inspired Heterodoxy? The Freedom of Theological Inquiry | 119 |
V | 121 |
What Is the Meaning of Revelation? H Richard Niebuhr | 142 |
Jürgen Moltmann | 159 |
Questioning | 241 |
A Dance of Loyalty | 259 |
Luthers Ghost Ein gluehender Backofen voller Liebe | 273 |
vi | 297 |
EERDMANS Theology as Conversation McCormack Bender pg | 303 |
Faith in the Public Square | 313 |
The Preacher in Conversation | 327 |
Charles Hodge as a Public Theologian | 341 |
Gods Body or Beloved Other? Sallie McFague | 179 |
The People of God in Christian Theology | 215 |
Will All Be Saved or Only a Few? | 235 |
contributors | 361 |
Common terms and phrases
affirmation Aggie argues Badcock Badiou become Bible biblical Brock and Parker Calvin canon Charles Hodge Christian faith Christology Church Dogmatics concept confession conversation creation critical critique of natural cross cultural death debate dialogue doctrine Eduard Thurneysen Eerdmans Emil Brunner eschatological essay eternal ethical experience Geyer gift God’s Gollwitzer gospel Gottes grace Grand Rapids Harnack Helmut Gollwitzer heresy hermeneutical Hodge hospitality human Ibid identity immanent Trinity interpretation Jesus Christ Jon Sobrino Jürgen Moltmann justification Karl Barth Kingdom knowledge liberation liberation theology Luther Lutheran Marty McFague means ment metaphysics Migliore modern moral natural theology Nicene Christianity Niebuhr Old Testament one’s parousia particular person political Press question reality Reformed relation religion religious revelation salvation Schleiermacher Scripture sense Sobrino speak Spirit suffering theologian Theology of Play thinking Thurneysen tion tradition trans transcendence trinitarian truth understanding unity University violence vocation Wesla word