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A passion for God : the mystical-political dimension of Christianity / Johann Baptist Metz ; edited and translated, with an introduction by J. Matthew Ashley.
Van Pelt Library BX1793 .M47213 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Metz, Johann Baptist, 1928-2019
- Standardized Title:
- Essays. English. Selections
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and politics--Catholic Church.
- Christianity and politics.
- Liberation theology.
- Theodicy.
- Catholic Church--Doctrines.
- Catholic Church.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 212 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Paulist Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Johann Baptist Metz, founder of political theology in Europe, is one of the most significant Catholic theologians working since the Second Vatican Council. In A Passion for God, J. Matthew Ashley edits and translates the most important of Metz's recent essays, which have been previously unavailable in English.
- Contents:
- The new political theology
- On the way to a postidealist theology
- Theology as theodicy?
- Theology versus polymythicism
- Do we miss Karl Rahner?
- Karl Rahner's struggle for the theological dignity of humankind
- The church after Auschwitz
- Theology and the university
- Monotheism and democracy
- A passion for God.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-212).
- ISBN:
- 0809137550
- OCLC:
- 37457950
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