Protestant Theology at the Crossroads

by Sauter, Gerhard

• ISBN13: 9780802840349
• ISBN10: 0802840345
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-15
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Crucial tasks face protestant theology in its currently critical state. Challenged with growing skepticism and discouragement, what hope has theology for the future, and what sources might deliver this hope? Gerhard Sauter sets himself to help theology answer critical questions and accomplish essential tasks in order to move forward with hope."Protestant Theology at the Crossroads" examines contextual theology, in which particular cultural heritages, race and gender, and economic conditions and the structure of social life inform the teachings of the faith rather than vice versa. How, for example, do we approach the crisis in American self-understanding caused by terrorism? Do changes in European politics change our theological perceptions?Drawing on the Warfield Lectures at Princeton in March 2000 -- at which many of these chapters were presented originally -- "Protestant Theology" does more than provide a much-needed overall explanation of the issues theology faces. It also contains basic information on the foundation of theology, hermeneutics, Christian ethics, many central doctrinal topics, and much more. This book is a vital text for those studying theology, involved in ministry, and training future church leaders.

Author Biography

Gerhard Sauter is professor of systematic and ecumenical theology and director emeritus of the Ecumenical Institute at the University of Bonn, Germany.

Table of Contents

Introduction : is there really a turning point?
What dare we hope - at the beginning of the third millennium?	p. 1
A shared hope for Jews and Christians	p. 16
The art of reading the Bible	p. 33
No fear of dogmatics!	p. 55
God creates faith - do we consent?	p. 77
Contextual theology as a challenge to dogmatics	p. 95
Theological reflections on the political changes in Europe	p. 115
The religious dimensions of American self-understanding and its crisis today	p. 131
Public theology - theology outside the church?	p. 149
Observations on the current state of reformed theology	p. 166
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