Theology category: 9608 books
Art and Mysticism
Interfaces in the Medieval and Modern Periods
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
From the visual and textual art of Anglo-Saxon England onwards, images held a surprising power in the Western Christian tradition. Not only did these artistic representations provide images through which to find God, they also held mystical potential, and likewise mystical writing, from the early...
Chasing Mystery
A Catholic Biblical Theology
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Why does God have to be so exasperatingly silent? Why can't we see him at least long enough to allay doubt? How does one grow deeper in love with God against the cultural currents of disdain and antagonism?
Chasing Mystery is an exploration into how the Bible negotiates the presence and absence...
Faith in Christ Today Invitation to Systematic Theology
Volume Ii Involved in God's Project
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
In Volume I the author analyses the Word of God and the response of the Christian community in a lucid and accesible way. In this second volume he interprets the classical assertions of the Christian faith in terms of Gods creative and redemptive project in the world of today. His experiential approach...
The Sense of the Universe
Philosophical Explication of the Theological Commitment in Modern Cosmology
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
The Sense of the Universe deals with existential and phenomenological reflection upon modern cosmology with the aim to reveal hidden theological commitments in cosmology related to the mystery of human existence. The book proposes a new approach to the dialogue between science and theology based in...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2013
The "culture story" of evangelicalism during the second half of the twentieth century has been well told. It is important now to think about the theological mission of the church in an ever-increasing post-Christian and post-partisan context. What is the theologian's calling at the beginning...
Premodern Faith in a Postmodern Culture
A Contemporary Theology of the Trinity
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2006
Since the European Enlightenment of the 18th century, traditional religious faith has been challenged from many sides. Both the modern and postmodern worldviews have confronted religious belief. The Christian doctrine of God is no exception. Premodern Faith in a Postmodern Culture: A Contemporary...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Many regions of the world whose histories include war and violent conflict have or once had strong ties to Orthodox Christianity. Yet policy makers, religious leaders, and scholars often neglect Orthodoxy’s resources when they reflect on the challenges of war.
Through essays written by prominent...
Goddess and God in the World
Conversations in Embodied Theology
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
In Goddess and God in the World, leading theologians Carol P. Christ and Judith Plaskow propose a new method for thinking about theological questions: embodied theology rooted in experience and tested in dialogue. Their theological conversation begins from the premise that the transcendent, omnipotent...
Deep Focus (Engaging Culture)
Film and Theology in Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Three media experts guide the Christian moviegoer into a theological conversation with movies in this up-to-date, readable introduction to Christian theology and film. Building on the success of Robert Johnston's Reel Spirituality, the leading textbook in the field for the past 17 years, Deep Focus...
The Aesthetics of Atheism
Theology and Imagination in Contemporary Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
To really understand God, you have to understand atheism.
Atheism and Christianity are often placed at polar opposite ends of a spectrum, forever in stark conflict with each other. In The Aesthetics of Atheism, Kutter Callaway and Barry Taylor propose a radical alternative: atheism and theism...
Researching Female Faith
Qualitative Research Methods
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Religious and spiritual engagement has undergone multiple significant changes in recent decades. Researching Female Faith is a collection of essays based on recent and original field research conducted by the contributors, and informed by a variety of theoretical perspectives, into the faith lives...
Cosmology in Theological Perspective
Understanding Our Place in the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Olli-Pekka Vainio, a leading expert in science and theology, explores questions concerning the place and significance of humans in the cosmos. Vainio introduces cosmology from a "state of the question" perspective, examining the history of the idea in dialogue with C. S. Lewis. This work,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Theological thinkers are placed into contexts which inform their theological tasks but that context is usually limited to a European or North American centre, usually ignoring minorities and lesser mainstream theologies even in that context. This work focuses on the shift of Christian theological...
Bound to Differ
The Dynamics of Theological Discourses
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 1992
In this analysis of theological conflict, Wesley Kort treats theologies as discourses that generate power and significance by their relations to and differences from one another. He identifies the traditional or putative claims of theological power and meaning—sources, referents, and patterns or...