The journey of modern theology : from reconstruction to deconstruction / Roger E. Olson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olson, Roger E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology, Doctrinal--History--20th century.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (723 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this major revision and expansion of the classic 20th Century Theology (1992), coauthored with Stanley J. Grenz, Roger Olson tells the full story of modern theology from Descartes to Caputo, from the Kantian revolution to postmodernism, now recast in terms of how theologians have accommodated or rejected modernity.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""An Important Note for All Readers but Especially for Professors and Scholars""; ""Introduction""; ""The Cultural Context of Modern Theology""; ""1 Modernity Challenges Traditional Theology""; ""The Context of Early Modern Theology""; ""1.a. Science Revises the Heavens""; ""1.b. Philosophers Lay New Foundations for Knowledge""; ""1.c. Deists Create a New Natural Religion""; ""1.d. Critical Philosophers Limit Religion to Reason""; ""1.e. Realists, Romanticists and Existentialists Respond""

""2 Liberal Theologies Reconstruct Christianity in Light of Modernity""""2.a. Friedrich Schleiermacher Launches a Copernican Revolution in Theology""; ""2.b. Albrecht Ritschl and His Disciples Accommodate to Modernity""; ""2.c. Ernst Troeltsch Relativizes Christianity""; ""2.d. Catholic Modernists Attempt to Bring Rome up to Date""; ""3 Conservative Protestant Theology Defends Orthodoxy in a Modern Way""; ""4 Mediating Theologies Build Bridges Between Orthodoxy and Liberalism""; ""4.a. Isaak August Dorner Bridges the Gap Between Liberal and Orthodox Theologies""

""4.b. Horace Bushnell Searches for a Progressive Orthodoxy""""5 Neo-Orthodox/Dialectical/Kerygmatic Theologies Revive the Reformation in the Modern Context""; ""5.a. Karl Barth Drops a Bombshell on the Theologians� Playground""; ""5.b. Rudolf Bultmann Existentializes and Demythologizes Christianity""; ""5.c. Reinhold Niebuhr Rediscovers Original Sin and Develops Christian Realism""; ""6 Chastened Liberal Theologies Renew and Revise the Dialogue with Modernity""; ""6.a. Paul Tillich Describes God as the Ground of Being, a “God Above God�""

""10.c. Hans Urs von Balthasar Bases Christian Truth on Beauty""""11 Evangelical Theology Comes of Age and Wrestles with Modernity""; ""12 Postmodern Theologians Rebel Against Modernity""; ""12.a. Postliberal Theologians and Stanley Hauerwas Develop a Third Way in Theology""; ""12.b. John Caputo Deconstructs Religion with the Kingdom of God""; ""Conclusion""; ""Index""; ""About the Author""; ""More Titles from InterVarsity Press""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780830864843

0830864849

OCLC:

874177422