What is constructive theology? : histories, methodologies, and perspectives / edited by Marion Grau and Jason Wyman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grau, Marion, editor.

Wyman, Jason A., Jr., editor.

Series:

Rethinking theologies: constructing alternatives in history and doctrine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Theology, Doctrinal.

Theology, Doctrinal--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : T&T Clark, 2020.

Summary:

"This volume is an essential introduction to contemporary constructive theology. It gives a historical overview of the field and discusses key hermeneutical and methodological concerns. The contributors apply a constructive perspective to a wide range of approaches, such as biblical hermeneutics, comparative theology, black theology, and political theology - charting the most important disciplinary trends of the moment. What is Constructive Theology? shows how diverse and interdisciplinary constructive theology can be by exploring key themes in contemporary theology. The contributors explore the porous boundaries between Christianity and other religions, reflect on contextual, liberation and constructive theologies from Africa and from Black British perspectives, explore the connection between embodiment, epistemology and hermeneutics; and take a constructive approach to the dangerous memories and theologies of colonial histories in Belgium and Native Americans in the United States. This sampler of the field will help you rethink theologies and find constructive alternatives"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction , Marion Grau (MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway) and Jason Wyman (Manhattan College, USA)

Part I: Reflecting on the History, Genre and Theory

1. Constructive Theology: History, Movement, Method , Jason Wyman (Manhattan College, USA) 2. Constructive Theology as Theopoetics: Theological Construction as Divine-Human Creativity , John Thatamanil (Union Theological Seminary, USA) 3. Mapping Methods in Constructive Theology , Marion Grau (MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway) Part II: Body, Text, Interdisciplinarity, and Practice 4. Embodied Knowing: Body, Epistemology, Context, and Hermeneutics , Heike Peckruhn (Daemen College, USA) 5. Constructive Biblical Hermeneutics: History and its Afterlife , Shelly Rambo (Boston University School of Theology, USA) 6. Snakes in the Basket: The Blessed Risks of Constructive Comparative Theology , Holly Hillgardner (Independent Scholar, USA) 7. Constructive Black Theology in Britain: Participative-Methodological Praxis , Anthony Reddie (University of South Africa, South Africa)

Part III: Postcolonial Reconstructions 8. Starting with the Land Under Our Feet: Settler Colonialism as a source for Political Theology in America , Laurie Cassidy (Creighton University, USA) 9. Ransomed by Money? Towards an African Constructive Theology , Lawrence Nwankwo (Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria) 10.

Cross and Resurrection as Post/colonial Trauma: Rewriting History, Reimagining Soteriology , Judith Gruber (Catholic University Leuven, Belgium)

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780567695185

0567695182

9780567695178

0567695174

9780567695161

0567695166

OCLC:

1176328059