Chalice Introduction To Disciples Theology

by Heltzel, Peter Goodwin

• ISBN13: 9780827205109
• ISBN10: 0827205104
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-15
• Publisher: Chalice Pr

Summary

This comprehensive introduction to theology and ethics from the standpoint of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) includes a broad range of Disciples authors representing the racial-ethnic, generational, and theological diversity that characterizes the denomination from a postmodern and postcolonial view.

Author Biography

Peter Goodwin Heltzel is Assistant Professor of Theology at New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Task and Sources of Theology
Theology as Intercultural Conversation in an Age of Globalization	p. 10
Disciples Theology in the Twenty-first Century	p. 20
Theology and the Bible	p. 34
Theology and Tradition	p. 45
Theological Reasoning in a Pluralistic Context	p. 54
What Do We Learn from Experience?	p. 63
Practicing Reconciliation	p. 72
God in Creation
Singing the Trinity	p. 86
Confessing Christ in Empire and Colony	p. 96
Who Do We Say He Is?	p. 105
Under the Influence	p. 116
Creation	p. 124
The Church
The Church as Sacrament of Human Wholeness	p. 134
Baptism and the Disciples of Christ	p. 143
The Lord's Supper	p. 152
Operative Theologies of Disciples Preaching	p. 160
Ministry	p. 169
Reconciliation
The Problem of Social Sin for Twenty-first-Century Christians	p. 180
Salvation	p. 190
Faith and Justification	p. 203
Sanctification	p. 217
Spirituality and the Disciples of Christ	p. 227
Facing the Mark of the Beast	p. 238
Mission
Theology of Prophetic Witness	p. 250
Mission in Africa	p. 260
Mission in Pluralistic Contexts	p. 273
Ecumenism of the Spirit and Mission	p. 282
"Glocal" Chalice of Blessing	p. 296
Toward a Disciples Theology of Religions	p. 305
The Future of Christian Mission in an Age of World Christianity	p. 314
Mongrels, Outlaws, and Sodbusters	p. 326
Notes	p. 331
Bibliography	p. 370
Contributors	p. 383
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