Shaping theology : engagements in a religious and secular world / David F. Ford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, David F., 1948-

Series:

Challenges in contemporary theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Theology.

Physical Description:

xviii, 261 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

Summary:

This is an innovative book about the shape theology takes in its varied interactions - religious and secular, local and global, historical and contemporary, academic and practical.

For many years David Ford's theological thought has evolved in conversation with many different partners in the public sphere, nonfaith communities, the church, Judaism, Islam, and the university. This theology is a way of thinking in search of wisdom, engaging with practices and the life of the imagination as well as with ideas, arguments, discernments, and decisions. Nourished by scripture together with premodern, modern, and contemporary sources, it seeks to shape a wise faith. This approach to theology has become increasingly influential and Ford is recognized as one of the most important, creative, subtle, and accessible theologians working today. In his many works he has developed the relationship between theology and each of these other spheres, but this is the first book to bring together a multifaceted, well-rounded account of theology's involvement with these conversation partners.

Contents:

The wisdom of theology

Theology

A long rumour of wisdom : redescribing theology

Wisdom among religions

Faith and change : a Christian understanding

Reading scripture with intensity : academic, ecclesial, interfaith, and divine

Developing scriptural reasoning further : reflections on scripture, reason and the contemporary Islam-West encounter

Wisdom in the university

Knowledge, meaning and the world's great challenges : reinventing Cambridge University in the twenty-first century

Faith and universities in a religious and secular world

Theological interpretation of the Bible

Divine initiative, human response, and wisdom : interpreting 1 Corinthians chapters 1-3

Barth's interpretation of the Bible

Thinking further : theological topics

The God of blessing who loves in wisdom

Tragedy and atonement

Apophasis and the Shoah : where was Jesus Christ at Auschwitz?

Conclusion : twelve theses for Christian theology in the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781405177207

1405177209

9781405177214

1405177217

OCLC:

131063657

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