Theologians in their own words
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Theologians in their own words
Fortress Press, c2013
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Theologians in Their Own Words is a volume of 23 brief, straight-forward autobiographical statements from many of the most important theologians and scholars of religion of recent decades. Each contributor sets out to discuss the development of their central insights and convictions in light of their life stories. The volume includes both previously published selections from Dialog: A Journal of Theology, as well as pieces specially commissioned for this volume. Included in the renowned and diverse list of contributors: Marilyn McCord Adams, Harvey Cox, Gerhard Forde, George Forell, Roger Haight, Philip Hefner, Robert Jenson, Ernst Kasemann, Martin Marty, Alister McGrath, Nancey Murphy, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Ted Peters, Clark Pinnock, John Polkinghorne, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Letty Russell, H. Paul Santmire, Hans Schwarz, Huston Smith, Paul Sponheim, Kathryn Tanner, and Ronald Thiemann.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 1 Contributors 3 Introduction 7 1. Truth and Reconciliation 15 2. The Deepest Traces 35 3. The One Acted Upon 41 4. They Told What Had Happened on the Road 53 5. A Story of Teaching and Learning 63 6. Theology as Interpretation of the World 75 7. A Theological Autobiography, to Date 89 8. The Freedom to Resist Idolatry 103 9. Christian Theology and the Modes of Experience 113 10. Reading Reality 125 11. Wind and Spirit 137 12. An Intellectual Pilgrimage 151 13. Still Becoming 163 14. Confessions of a Postconservative Evangelical Theologian 177 15. From Physicist to Priest 187 16. My Life Journey 197 17. Moving to the Margin 209 18. Ecology, Justice, Liturgy 219 19. Planting Trees 235 20. Bubble Blown and Lived In 249 21. A Living Conversation 259 22. Christian Claims 271 23. Faith Seeking Understanding 281
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