| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
205 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The Dynamics of Contextual Theology. The Rise of Contextual Theology. The Creativity of Contextual Theology. The Expansion of Contextual Theology: Theology and Postmodern Science. The God of the Contexts -- 2. The Relating God. Calvin's Shift. Barth's Breakthrough. The Spirit and the Contexts -- 3. The Liberating God. Relationship and Liberation. Orthopraxis: The Emergence of a New Regimen. Toward the Liberating Christ. The Historical/Theological Context of Christological Reflection. The Christ of the Contexts -- 4. The Creating God. Theology and Biology. Discovery and Interpretation. Heuristic Theology. New Contexts, New Words. |
| Summary |
Benjamin Reist argues that the revelation of the living God is always on the move, never capable of reaching completion because God always has something to say. He believes that contextual theology must include postmodern science, hermeneutics, and theological ethics, and that liberation theology and the natural sciences must be understood together. Drawing upon the developments of contextual theology, the author explores four great turnings in modern science that have affected our understanding of ultimate issues: evolution, relativity, uncertainty, and incompleteness. |
| Subject |
Theology -- Methodology.
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Revelation -- Christianity.
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Christianity and culture.
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Process theology.
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Theology, Doctrinal.
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Christianity and culture. (OCoLC)fst00859660
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Process theology. (OCoLC)fst01078050
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Revelation -- Christianity.
(OCoLC)fst01752200
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Theology, Doctrinal. (OCoLC)fst01149617
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Theology -- Methodology.
(OCoLC)fst01149580
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| Indexed Term |
Christianity and culture |
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Process theology |
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Revelation Christianity |
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Theology Methodology |
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Theology, Doctrinal |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Reist, Benjamin A. Processive revelation. 1st ed. Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, ©1992 (OCoLC)623530979 |
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Online version: Reist, Benjamin A. Processive revelation. 1st ed. Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, ©1992 (OCoLC)625074216 |
| ISBN |
0664219551 (alk. paper) |
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9780664219550 (alk. paper) |
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