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Renowned Scripture scholar Gerhard Lohfink brings the origins and progress of enlightenment to the forefront of Christian faith.
The history of the European Enlightenment did not begin in the seventeenth century. It started in Greece (something no one doubts), and it began with stories about Abraham and Israel's exodus from Egypt (something many do not know or disregard). In The Light of Faith and Reason, renowned Scripture scholar Gerhard Lohfink shows the degree to which the Old Testament already affords enlightenment, and how that work of enlightenment was continued and deepened by Jesus and the church. On the basis of this Jewish-Christian history of enlightenment, what is at issue is the rationality of faith, something that is increasingly the subject of debate today. The description here is not intended to deny the mystery of faith; rather, it is meant to illuminate its rationality.
Contents
Contents
Preface ix
Abbreviations xi
1. Is the Church Required to Undergo Enlightenment? 1
2. The World Emptied of Its Gods 33
3. Are the Ancient Gods Returning? 54
4. Freedom to Believe 70
5. Social Project and Knowledge of God 92
6. Trinitarian Faith and Imperial Monotheism 111
7. Did the First Christians Understand Jesus? 130
8. Murder in the Name of God? 150
9. Did Easter Change History? 167
10. Easter and the Enlightenment 184
11. How Paul Talks to His Communities 196
12. Was Paul Anti-Jewish? 224
13. How Does the Church Gather? 256
14. How Does the Church Resolve Its Conflicts? 269
15. How Does the Church Do Mission? 280
16. The New Testament Basis for the Priestly Office 291
17. Marian Devotion: Superfluous or Essential? 335
18. Foreign, Hunted, and Shunned 348
Acknowledgments 363
Index of Biblical Passages 364
