01736nam a2200169Ia 4500 240426s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97808066238870806623888 eng BT30.N7 .H35 1988 Hall, Douglas John Thinking the Faith : Christian Theology in a North American Context / Douglas John Hall Minneapolis, MN : Augsburg, 1988 456 p. ; 24 cm. 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. Theology, Doctrinal—North America.Christianity and culture. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2024-04-26 0 BT30.N7 .H35 1988 00033638 2024-04-26 16:26:44 2024-04-26 BK 52766 52766