Theology against religion : constructive dialogues with Bonhoeffer and Barth / by Tom Greggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greggs, Tom, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barth, Karl, 1886-1968.

Barth, Karl.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Christianity and other religions.

Religious pluralism.

Christianity and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : T & T Clark, 2011.

Summary:

This book asks the question ''what is religion?'' from a theological perspective. In an age in which religion has reasserted itself on national and international stages, Theology against Religion argues that we should take seriously the critique of religion, and engage with that critique theologically. The book argues that theologizing the critique of religion was central to the theological purposes of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and that Barth and Bonhoeffer should be seen as traveling along the same trajectory in terms of their theological approaches to religion. It is this trajector

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; A Theological not a Sociological Discussion; The Need to Speak Simultaneously of Secularity, Religion, Pluralism and God; Dialoguing with Bonhoeffer and Barth; Synopsis of Parts; PART I: CHRISTIANIZING THE CRITIQUE OF RELIGION: BARTH AND BONHOEFFER; Chapter 2 BARTH''S EARLY DISCUSSIONS OF RELIGION; Introduction; Early Discussions of Religion; Religion in Church Dogmatics I/2, 17; In the Context of Revelation: Overcoming Some Common Misunderstandings; Conclusion

Chapter 3 BONHOEFFER''S RELIGIONLESS CHRISTIANITYIntroduction: Theologizing the Critique of Religion; Continuity with the Earlier Bonhoeffer; Positivism of Revelation; Theological Motifs for Religionless Christianity; Conclusion; Chapter 4 AFTER RELIGIONLESSNESS: BACK TO BARTH AND FORMATIVE MOTIFS; Introduction; Promeity and Christocentrism; Creation and Anthropology; Light and Lights and Secular Parables of the Kingdom; Provisional Summary: Motifs in Religionlessness; PART II: DOCTRINE AFTER CHRISTENDOM: SECULARISM, SALVATION AND THE CHURCH

Chapter 5 SAVIOUR OF ALL: SOTERIOLOGY AGAINST RELIGIONUniversal Salvation as a Non-Personalized Version of Salvation; The Centrality of Jesus as Victor; Related Themes; Conclusion; Chapter 6 POST-CHRISTENDOM ECCLESIOLOGY; Dynamic and Actualistic Ecclesiology of the Spirit; Church as Community of Intensity and Activism; Church: A Community within the World; Church: A Community for the World; Conclusion; Chapter 7 RELIGIONLESSNESS AND PUBLIC SPACE: GENEROUS PARTICULARISM; The Politics of the Secular; Overcoming Binaries: The Complexities of Inter-Relationship; Liberalism and Particularism

Ultimacy and PenultimacyThe Markers of Public Theological Engagement of a Theology against Religion; Conclusion; PART III: ENGAGING WITH THE RELIGIONS: PLURALISM AND THEOLOGY AGAINST RELIGION; Chapter 8 A THEOLOGY OF RELIGIONS AGAINST RELIGION; Against a Substantialized Theology of Religions; Relativizing Theological Speech: Speaking as a Religionist; Multiple Densities of God''s Holy Spirit; Differentiated Exclusivisms; Conclusion: Realizing Eschatology Is Not Fully Realized; Chapter 9 FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE; Dynamic Engagements; Humility in Approaching the Other

Understanding Oneself BetterRemembering Secular Issues; Scriptural Reasoning as One Possible Non-Religious Interpretation; Conclusion: The Quest for Peace; Chapter 10 CONCLUSION: A CODA ON MYSTERY AND HOPE; Summary; Appropriate Mystery; Appropriate Hoping; Bibliography of Secondary Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

"A Continuum imprint"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780567160492

0567160491