This book traces the overall historical arc of constructive theology, from proto-movement through the present. As constructive theology is the method of progressive Christian theology today, understanding it is crucial to undertaking the theological task of the present.
Published in the year of the one hundredth anniversary of Bonhoeffer's birth, this book documents Bonhoeffer's life under the increasing restraints and fateful events of World War II Germany. It sheds light on his active resistance to and increasing involvement in the conspiracy against the Hitler regime, his arrest, and his long imprisonment.
Theologians and philosophers are turning again to questions of the meaning, or non-meaning, of the natural world for human self-understanding. The author observes that the book of Job, uses metaphors drawn from the natural world, especially of plants and animals, as raw material for thinking about human suffering.
How can Christians think responsibly about ethical matters, and in what way can they make moral claims in a largely non-Christian society? How can people engaged in serious moral disagreement be brought into constructive conversation?James Burtness addresses these questions in five steps. He first describes the connections and disjunctions between ......
Perseverance, thought Connor. To not give up even when it is hard to keep going. Connor loves practicing taekwondo at his dojang. Having ADHD means he has to work a little harder to keep his focus during sparring sessions, but that doesn't stop him from mastering new forms and rising through the taekwondo ranks. However, when Wyatt--Connor's ......
Perseverance, thought Connor. To not give up even when it is hard to keep going. Connor loves practicing taekwondo at his dojang. Having ADHD means he has to work a little harder to keep his focus during sparring sessions, but that doesn't stop him from mastering new forms and rising through the taekwondo ranks. However, when Wyatt--Connor's ......
Intertwined with Mark's story of Jesus are two other story lines: those of the religious authorities (without real authority), and those of the disciples (loyal and uncomprehending.) In this signal effort, Kingsbury traces and interprets all three story lines as found in Mark, chapters 2-4.
Intertwined with Luke's story of Jesus are two other story lines - the story of the authorities, who come into conflict with Jesus over the crucial issue of whom God has chosen to rule Israel, and the story of the disciples, who are both loyal and uncomprehending. Kingsbury leads the reader into the dramatic narrative of Luke's Gospel by tracing ......
