A Theology of Engagement (Challenges in Contemporary Theology)

Markham, Ian S.

Blackwell Pub（2003/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 256 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780631236023
• DDC分類 261.2

Full Description

This ground-breaking book challenges readers to rethink the divide between liberal and orthodox approaches which characterises Christianity today.



Provides an alternative to the liberal / orthodox divide in contemporary Christianity.
Defends Christianity's engagement with non-Christian traditions.
Includes important discussion of theological method.
Illustrated with case studies involving human rights, interfaith tolerance, economics, and ethics.

Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction 1

1 Engagement: What it is and Why it Matters 7

2 Augustine's Theological Methodology 30

3 Assimilation, Resistance, and Overhearing 48

4 Assimilation: Engagement with Human Rights 62

5 Resistance: The Heresy of State Sovereignty and the Religious Imperative for Intervention to Defend
Human Rights 71

6 Assimilation: The Importance of the Black and Feminist Perspectives 86

7 Overhearing: Clash of Discourses - Secular in the West Against the Secular in India 109

8 Overhearing: Thinking about Hinduism, Inclusivity, and Toleration 123

9 Assimilation: Christianity and the Consensus around Capitalism 138

10 Assimilation and Overhearing: Rethinking Globalization - Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-I Nur, Hardt, and Negri 147

11 Keith Ward: An Engaged Theologian 159

12 Engaging with the Pope: Engagement yet Not Engagement 168

13 The Shape of an Engaged Theology 191

Conclusion 208

Notes 210

References 235

Index 245