Introduction to Christian Theology: Contemporary North American PerspectivesRoger A. Badham This book covers a broad spectrum of current perspectives in theology, including evangelical, liberal, liberationist, feminist, and postmodern approaches. A textbook for introductory theology classes in seminaries and colleges, this wide-ranging collection of essays also represents the best available resource for any reader seeking to explore and understand the diversity of current trends in theology and ethics. |
Contents
The Landscape of TwentiethCentury Theology | 3 |
LIBERAL AND PROGRESSIVIST THEOLOGIES | 13 |
The Theological Challenge of Religious Pluralism | 24 |
PART II | 51 |
Postmodern Paleoorthodoxy | 66 |
Evangelical Theology in Progress | 75 |
PART III | 87 |
A Promising Obituary | 103 |
Process Theology and the Present Church Struggle | 154 |
Empirical Theology and Its Divergence from Process Thought | 166 |
Reflections toward | 183 |
Black Theology in American Religion | 197 |
Dancing with Twisted | 212 |
A Feminist Trinitarian Epistemology | 225 |
A Challenge to Traditional Theology | 237 |
The Ends of Theology | 255 |
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