The Tapestry of Christian Theology: Modern Minds on the Biblical Narrative

by Higgins, Gregory C.

• ISBN13: 9780809141203
• ISBN10: 0809141205
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

This unique and supremely readable textbook recounts the thought of nine influential twentieth-century theologians in the light of biblical narrative to better understand the Christian life. By drawing upon the achievement of major thinkers--Rosemary Ruether, Gustavo Gutierrez, Reinhold Niebuhr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Rahner, Jurgen Moltmann, Hans Kung, Yves Congar, and Wolfhart Pannenberg--and rooting it within the rich fabric of its biblical context--Creation, Exodus, Conquest, Exile, the Incarnation, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, Pentecost and the End of Time--The Tapestry of Christian Theology traverses a landscape both historical and spiritual, one that traces and encourages a new understanding of both perspectives, and illumines a greater insight into our own lives. Here is a rigorous and wide ranging textbook for college theology courses, also suitable for the general reader.

Author Biography

Gregory C. Higgins is Chair of the Religious Studies Department at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, N.J.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction	1	(18)
1. Creation and Radford Ruether's Sexism and God-Talk Rosemary	19	(18)
2. The Exodus and Gustavo Gutiérrez's A Theology of Liberation	37	(16)
3. The Conquest and Reinhold Niebuhr's Moral Man and Immoral Society	53	(23)
4. The Exile and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from Prison	76	(21)
5. The Incarnation and Karl Rahner's Theological Investigations	97	(18)
6. The Crucifixion and Jürgen Moltmann's The Crucified God	115	(20)
7. The Resurrection and Hans Kung's On Being a Christian	135	(20)
8. Pentecost and Yves Congar's The Mystery of the Church	155	(19)
9. The End of Time and Wolfhart Pannenberg's Ingersoll Lecture of Immortality	174	(19)
Conclusion	193	(18)
Index	211