01844nam a2200169Ia 4500008004100000020002900041041000800070050002400078100002400102245009500126260004100221300002400262505119100286650006601477952011401543999001701657240426s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97808066238870806623888   aeng  aBT30.N7 b.H35 1988  aHall, Douglas John  0aThinking the Faith : bChristian Theology in a North American Context /cDouglas John Hall  aMinneapolis, MN : bAugsburg, c1988  a456 p. b; c24 cm.  a1. 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.  aTheology, Doctrinal—North America.Christianity and culture.  00104070aGETSbGETSc GENd2024-04-26l0oBT30.N7 .H35 1988p00033638r2024-04-26 16:26:44w2024-04-26yBK  c52766d52766