The Theology of Langdon B. Gilkey: Systematic and Critical Studies

by Pasewark, Kyle A.; Pool, Jeff B.

• ISBN13: 9780865546431
• ISBN10: 0865546436
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Summary

At the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, on 7 June 1998, in a sermon delivered at the close of the Narratives of American Religion Conference, Langdon Gilkey said: "History, ... cannot be understood without the religious dimension that is ever-present in it, and so theological understanding is a part of the understanding of ourselves in time. In turn, theology is meaningless unless it interprets actuality, the actuality of historical experience, of nature's processes, and of personal life."

Author Biography

Langdon Brown Gilkey for more than forty-five years has helped shape the direction of contemporary theology. From 1963 until his retirement in 1989 he taught Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School Kyle A. Pasewark, Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School, is currently pursuing studies at Yale Law School Jeff B. Pool, Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School, is director of Baptist Studies and lecturer in Theology, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	vii
Preface	ix
Jeff B. Pool
Kyle A. Pasewark
Part 1. Situating Gilkey's Thought
Making Sense of Ultimacy: Truths of Experience in Langdon Gilkey's Theological Development	3	(32)
Gary J. Dorrien
Debts and Contributions: The Milieu of Langdon Gilkey's Theology	35	(22)
Kyle A. Pasewark
Beyond Postliberal Foundationalism: The Theological Method of Langdon Gilkey	57	(112)
Jeff B. Pool
Part 2. Gilkey's Interpretations of Culture
Becoming Langdon Gilkey: The Theological Significance of Shantung Compound	169	(28)
Joseph Bessler-Northcutt
History, Society, and Politics: Langdon Gilkey's Theology of Culture	197	(24)
Brian J. Walsh
Sovereigns Past and Present: The Sciences and the Religious in the Theology of Langdon Gilkey	221	(18)
Donald W. Musser
Relative Absoluteness: Langdon Gilkey's Approach to Religious Pluralism	239	(20)
Mary Ann Stenger
Theology, Symbolism, and Language in the Thought of Langdon Gilkey	259	(18)
Charles E. Winquist
Part 3. Gilkey's Interpretations of Christian Symbols
Navigating in the Whirlwind: Langdon Gilkey's Doctrine of God	277	(26)
Eric H. Crump
Power, Freedom, and History: The Symbol of Divine Providence in Langdon Gilkey's Theology	303	(32)
Kyle A. Pasewark
Contingency, Tragedy, Sin, and Ultimacy: Trajectories in Langdon Gilkey's Interpretations of History and Nature	335	(28)
Larry D. Bouchard
``A Sharp Turn'': Christology in a ``Time of Troubles''	363	(38)
James O. Yerkes
Langdon Gilkey's Theology of the Servant Church	401	(30)
H. Frederick Reisz, Jr.
Part 4. Gilkey's Practice of Theology
From Liberalism to Postmodernism: The Role of Integrity in the Thought of Langdon Gilkey	431	(34)
Jennifer L. Rike
Pedagogy and Theological Method: The Praxis of Langdon Gilkey	465	(22)
Joseph L. Price
Part 5. Reflections by Langdon Gilkey
A Retrospective Glance at My Work	487	(38)
Langdon Gilkey
Bibliography	525	(32)
Notes on Contributors	557