Twentieth-Century Theologians A New Introduction to Modern Christian Thought

Name: Twentieth-Century Theologians A New Introduction to Modern Christian Thought
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ISBN: 9781845119560

ISBN-10: 1845119568

ISBN-13: 9781845119560

Edition: 2010

Authors: Philip Kennedy

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One needs to be a lunatic to become a Christian, the 19th century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once observed. Had he lived in the 20th century he might have discerned even more of an obstacle to faith. For during the last century the human condition changed more rapidly than during any previous era, taking that condition far away from the historical circumstances in which Christianity was born. In his new book Philip Kennedy explores the ways Christian theologians of the 20th century tried to live a productive religious life in a world overtaken by massive upheaval and innovation. The book is distinctive in a number of respects. First, it differs from other surveys of theology by…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Publication date: 1/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Philip F. Kennedy is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University, and Vice Provost for Public Programming for the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute.



preamble


list of abbreviations


list of boxed information



the twentieth century



Adolf von Harnack: 1851-1930



Alfred Firmin Loisy: 1857-1940



Evelyn Underhill: 1875-1941



Albert Schweitzer: 1875-1965



Karl Barth: 1886-1968



Dietrich Bonhoeffer: 1906-45



Paul Tillich: 1886-1965



Dorothy Day: 1897-1980



Karl Rahner: 1904-84



Yves Congar: 1904-95



Edward Schillebeeckx: b.1914



Mary Daly: b.1928



Jï¿½rgen Moltmann: b.1926



Gordon Kaufman: b.1925



Gustavo Gutiï¿½rrez: b.1928



Uta Ranke-Heinemann: b.1928



John Hick: b.1922



Tissa Balasuriya: b.1924



Don Cupitt: b.1934



Mercy Amba Oduyoye: b.1934



The Rainbow Spirit Elders



taking stock


glossary


notes


a guide to further reading


index