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Thinking the Faith : (Record no. 52766)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 97808066238870806623888
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BT30.N7
Item number .H35 1988
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hall, Douglas John
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Thinking the Faith :
Remainder of title Christian Theology in a North American Context /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Douglas John Hall
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Minneapolis, MN :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Augsburg,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1988
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 456 p.
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Dimensions 24 cm.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. Meaning of contextuality in Christian thought -- Reputation for timelessness -- Defining contextuality -- Why theology is contextual -- Dangers of contextuality -- Process of thinking contextually -- A generalization: what makes for contextuality in Christian theology -- 2. Discerning our context -- The circumscription of contexts -- Prisoners of optimism -- Invitation to theology -- Visions in the night -- 3. Components of our context introduction: contributing crises -- End of the Constantinian era -- Religious pluralism -- Theological impact of Auschwitz -- Marxism and the revolution of the oppressed -- Rebellion of nature -- Nuclear Crisis -- Apocalyptic consciousness and the rise of religious simplism -- 4. Elements of the discipline -- Theology of; Faith, the Bible, Doctrinal traditions, Experience, Prayer, The Church , "the world" -- 5. Theological method -- Fundamental tension -- Christian apologetics -- Apologetic and kerygmatic theology in relation to the concern for contextualization -- 6. Knowing in Christian faith and theology -- Modes of knowing -- Reason and revelation -- What is revelation -- Revelation and reason -- Authority in faith and theology.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Theology, Doctrinal—North America.Christianity and culture.
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