The real question for homiletics in our increasingly postmodern, post-Christian contexts is not how are we going to prevent preaching from dying, but how are we going to help it die a good death.
Our relationship to future generations raises fundamental issues for ethical thought, to which a Christian theological response is both possible and significant.
Secular Theology brings together new writings by some of America's most influential theological and religious thinkers on the viability of secular theology.
Eschatology is generally understood to be the doctrine of last things, but understood rigorously eschatology actually speaks of the inauguration of a new, redeemed world to come and of the coming of God himself.
Moving from biblical theology to systematic theology to practical theology, "e;Work: Theological Foundations and Practical Implications"e; offers a comprehensive theology of work.
"e;Eschatology is the explication of what must be true of the end, both of history and of the individual, if God is to be the God of the biblical faith.
Since his death in 2010, there has been continuing and growing interest in the life, vision, and thought of the late Spanish-Indian mystical theologian Raimon Panikkar.
This book explores the themes of identity, suffering, and hope in the stories of Puerto Rican people to surface the anthropology, soteriology, and eschatology of a Puerto Rican decolonial theology.
The experience of Wollom Jensen's distinguished career in military service and James Childs's long and productive career in the fields of theology and ethics combine to bring Christian ethics into dialogue with the harsh realities of military service in today's world of war.
Während die Bände 1–3 primär auf die Praktische Theologie und einzelne ihrer Forschungsfelder ausgerichtet waren, präsentiert der vorliegende Band "Glaube und Lebenswelt" solche Beiträge, die generell auf Herausforderungen eines zeitgenössischen Christentums bezogen sind.
Der Erfolg Maarten 't Harts gründet darin, dass er mit seinen Romanen und Erzählungen in origineller subjektiver Aneignung unterschiedliche religiöse Anschlussmöglichkeiten anbietet.
Few books in theology have faced the twentieth century with all its horrors and yet convincingly revoiced the redemptive Christian antidote that compels us to reawaken to our true identity as beloved children of God.
This reader samples a wide range of modern theological, religious and philosophical discussion on the problem of evil, understood both in terms of the practical or spiritual problem of coping with evil, and the theological problem of explaining its presence in God's world.
In the first comprehensive proposal for revisionist theology's deployment of historical Jesus research, Inventing Christic Jesuses rejects positions that insulate theology from Jesus research.
In this volume, Van der Westhuizen has assembled an outstanding and diverse array of theologians who offer their wisdom and reflection on what it means to be a theologian.
The concept of inspiration is part and parcel of the theological tradition in several religious confessions, but it has largely receded to the background, if not vanished altogether, in the discussions of biblical scholars.
This reference work incorporates the insights and expertise of leading liturgists and scholars of liturgy at work today, comprising 200 entries on important topics in the field, from vestments and offertories to ordination and divine unction.
Ulf Liedkes Ziel ist es, den anthropologischen Diskurs der Theologie zum Thema »Behinderung« zu rekonstruieren und zu diskutieren sowie grundlegende Dimensionen einer inklusiven theologischen Anthropologie für Menschen mit und ohne Behinderung zu entwickeln.
