History, theology, and faith : dissolving the modern problematic / Terrence W. Tilley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tilley, Terrence W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Religious aspects--Christianity.

History.

Modernism (Christian theology).

Physical Description:

x, 211 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

History, theology & faith

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [2004]

Summary:

After laying out the "problematic," Tilley analyzes current approaches to the relationship between history and theology and then shows how they affect faith. He argues that there is no single pattern of relationships between the two disciplines and that multiple patterns should be recognized. When accurately understood and properly used, historical investigations, so often construed as undermining faith, do no such thing; indeed, they can actually increase or strengthen faith.

Contents:

1 The Problem of History 9

Constructing the Problem of History 9

Dissolving the Problem of History 16

2 A Geography of Textual Forms 19

Judaism 19

Christianity 20

Crucial Differences 21

Islam 25

No Single "Problem of History" 26

3 The Responsibilities of Believers and Historians 28

Historians' Practices and Religious Belief 29

Beyond the "Faith and History" Problematic 32

Role-Specific Responsibilities 34

4 The Presumptions of History 37

Troeltsch and His Followers 38

Beyond the Troeltschian Tradition 48

5 History Undermining Belief 49

Richard L. Rubenstein: Undermining the God of History 54

Marcus Borg: "I Will Introduce You to the Pre-Easter Jesus" 61

6 Immunizing Religious Belief from History 67

Christian Principles as Rules 70

7 Religious Beliefs and Historical Evidence 86

Avery Dulles and the Problem of History 87

"An Orchestrated Chorus of Rejection" 96

8 Practicing History I: The Battling Secular Historians 106

"That Noble Dream" Shattered 107

Historians' Arguments: An Analysis 116

9 Practicing History II: The Battling New Testament Historians 128

Questing for the "Historical" Jesus 129

10 Practicing Theology 142

Discovering and Understanding 149

Transforming 163

Theologians as Participants 166

11 Practicing Religiously 167

Gathering In and Sustaining 171

Going Out: Witness, Service, Expansion 178

History, Theology, and Faith 185

12 History, Theology, Faith 186.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-204) and index.

ISBN:

157075568X

OCLC:

55055438