Theology and Contemporary Culture
Theology and Contemporary Culture
Drawing from postliberal, revisionary and Latin American liberation theological perspectives, David Kamitsuka offers proposals on theological method and doctrine responsive to the intellectual, pastoral and socio-political challenges of contemporary culture. He recasts inter-movement polemics in order to forge a theological approach which promotes what are often considered to be competing values among these three theological movements: solidarity with the oppressed (liberationist), redescribing the Christian communal sense of scripture (postliberal), and fully critical reflection (revisionist). The author advocates an apologetic strategy entailing coherentist and consensus elements for justifying Christian claims in the pluralistic public realm. He provides a model for reading scripture theologically which addresses the challenges of poststructuralism and a globally diverse Church. Kamitsuka uses rule theory to adjudicate doctrinal disputes on the relationship between salvation and political liberation, and he proposes methodological 'virtues' for theological practice rooted in practical judgements concerning the vitality and fidelity of Christian communities.
- Surveys three major schools of thought in contemporary theology and describes six prominent figures in contemporary Christian thought
- Makes proposals for doing theology in a postmodern context
- Analyses current debates on the relationship between salvation and political liberation
Product details
January 2009Paperback
9780521093606
220 pages
216 × 140 × 13 mm
0.29kg
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Values informing conceptions of theology
- 2. Apologetics and the linguistic-historical turn
- 3. Credibility in the pluralistic public realm
- 4. Reading the Bible theologically as the church's book
- 5. Pursuing doctrinal common ground
- 6. Virtues and vices in theological practice
- Select bibliography
- Index.
