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245 0 0 _aConstructive Christian theology in the worldwide church /
_cedited by William R. Barr.
260 _aGrand Rapids, MI :
_bEerdmans,
_cc1997.
300 _axviii, 553 p. ;
_bpbk ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 _aIntroduction : re-forming theology in the global conversation / William R. Barr. Part 1 : Constructing theology from diverse persectives. Introducing the issue: Speaking of God today. Divine revelation : intervention or self-communication? / Frans Josef van Beeck -- Embodied thinking : reflections on feminist theological method / Carol P. Christ -- Faith and knowledge / John Y. May -- Word as icon in Greek patristic theology / Verna E.F. Harrison -- Decolonizing theology in the Caribbean : prospects for hermeneutical reconstruction / Romney M. Moseley -- On theological contextualization / Kan Baoping -- Contextual theologies : the problem of agendas / Harvie M. Conn -- Some further contribution to the discussion.
505 _aPart 2 : Enlarging our understanding of God. Introducing the issue: God is more than you think. Naming God : an Orthodox view / Emmanuel Clapsis -- God and her survival in a nuclear age / Susan B. Thistlethwaite -- The holy reign of God / Howard A. Snyder -- God, sin, and salvation in African religion / John Mbiti -- The Holy Spirit / Michael Welker -- Guarding God / Sr. Macrina -- Some further contributions to the discussion.
505 _aPart 3 : Humanity within the fabric of Creation. Introducing the issue : Human Being in relation to God. A Pacific women's theology of birthing and liberation / Keiti Ann Kanongata'a -- The integrity of creation : restoring trinitarian balance / George E. Tinker -- Human finitude and the concept of women's experience / Tiina Allik -- Original sin : a study in evangelical theory / David Parker -- Religions, cultures, and the struggle for justice : aspects of north-south dialogue / Stanley J. Samartha -- Ecology and the recycling of Christianity / Kwok Pui-Ian -- An African theology of death : the plentitude of human life / Evaristi Magoti -- Some further contributions to the discussion.
505 _aPart 4 : The significance of Jesus Christ. Introducing the issues : Understanding and proclaiming Christ as Savior. Recent trends in Christology / Gerald L. Bray -- Thinking about theocentric Christology / S. Mark Heim -- Women and Christ : toward inclusive Christologies / Ellen Leonard -- Womanist theology : black women's experience as a source for doing theology, with special reference to Christology / Jacquelyn Grant -- Christological trends in contemporary African theology / John Onaiyekan -- The relationship between the risen Christ and the material universe / Denis Edwards -- The word become flesh : a short story for Christmas / Joyce Hollyday -- Some further contributions to the discussion.
505 _aPart 5 : The Church and the Christian life. Introducing the issue : Life in the Service of Christ. The role of the church in a pluralist society / Thor Halvor Hovland -- The understanding of the church emerging in the bilateral dialogues : coherence or divergence? / Gennadios Limouris -- Wholistic mission / C. René Padilla -- Spirit of truth : set us free! / Julio de Santa Ana -- The church's witness in evangelism and social praxis / Nigel Biggar -- The ultimate indiscernibility of faith / Jacques Goulet -- A spirituality that sustains us in our struggles / Aruna Gnanadason -- Some further contributions to the discussion.
505 _aPart 6 : Christian hope. Introducing the issue : Energising hope. The power of transformation and the transformation of power / Paula M. Cooey -- Jesus Christ, who has gone to the utter periphery / Kosuke Koyama -- "Behold, I make all things new" / Ignatios IV -- Current eschatology : universal salvation and the problem of hell / John R. Sachs -- Wrath that endures forever / William V. Crockett -- Some further contributions to the discussion.
650 0 _aTheology, Doctrinal.
650 0 _aChristianity and culture.
700 1 _aBarr, William R.,
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