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| Preface | |
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| Source Acknowledgments | |
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| A Cry for Wisdom: Theology for the Twenty-first Century | |
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| From the Twentieth to the Twenty-first Century: Theological Abundance and Variety | |
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| Four Elements of Wise Creativity | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Drama in Bible, Theology, and Life | |
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| The Bible: More Dramatic 'than Epic or Lyric | |
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| Gospel of John - Epic, Lyric, and above all Dramatic | |
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| Intensity and Extensity in the Ongoing Drama | |
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| Conclusion: Drama, Wise Theological Creativity, and an Unanswered Question | |
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| A Dramatic Code for Twenty-first Century Theology | |
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| Modern Secularity and the Health of the Public Sphere | |
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| A Drama-centered Account of Modernity | |
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| A Dramatic Code for Theology Today | |
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| Conclusion: Within and Beyond the Drama | |
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| Desire Above All | |
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| A Balanced Dynamic of Theological Moods | |
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| Between Closed Religion and Wide Open Religion | |
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| Theological Moods in Bible and Tradition | |
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| God-centered Moods: The Divine Passive | |
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| Belonging: Church, Collegiality, Conversation | |
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| Belonging to God and Each Other through Covenant | |
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| Theological Creativity in and for the Church | |
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| Learning and Teaching Together: Collegiality | |
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| Extended Belonging: Conversations | |
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| Intensive Belonging: Cohabitations, Collaborations, and Movements | |
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| Intimate Belonging: Friendships | |
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| Conclusion: Complex Belonging | |
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| Church and Society | |
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| First Case Study: Dietrich Bonhoeffer | |
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| Continuing This Drama | |
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| Contemporary Case: Theological Tasks for the Church in Democratic Civil Societies | |
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| Inter-Faith Blessing | |
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| A Jewish Blessing: Dabru Emet | |
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| A Muslim Blessing: A Common Word | |
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| Scriptural Reasoning as "First Inter-Faith Theology" | |
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| Seeking Wisdom for Inter-Faith Engagement: A Muscat Manifesto | |
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| Civil Wisdom | |
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| New Theology and Religious Studies: Shaping, Teaching, and Funding a Field | |
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| What is New Theology and Religious Studies? | |
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| A Framework for Creativity | |
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| Other Frameworks | |
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| Curriculum and Teachers | |
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| Funding | |
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| The Global Potential of New Theology and Religious Studies | |
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| Becoming a Theologian: The Apprentice | |
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| Disciple and Apprentice | |
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| Retrieval - A Receptive, Reading Self | |
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| Engagement - A Loved and Loving Self | |
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| Thinking - An Imaginative, Discerning Self | |
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| Communication - A Witnessing, Poetic Self | |
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| The Bible: Creative Source of Theology | |
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| How the Bible Has Shaped This Manifesto | |
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| What Sort of Bible Reading is This? | |
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| The Four Elements of Wise and Creative Theology in the Bible | |
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| A Biblical Hope for Twenty-first Century Theology | |
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| Notes and References | |
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| Index | |