WARD GRAHAM

The Blackwell Companion to Postmodern Theology

Herausgeber: Ward, Graham

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Companion provides a definitive collection of essays on postmodern theology, drawing on the work of those individuals who have made a distinctive contribution to the field, and whose work will be significant for the theologies written in the new millennium. Each essay is introduced with a short account of the writer's previous work, enabling the reader to view it in context. The collection is prefaced with an introduction that situates postmodern theology with respect to other forms of contemporary theology, such as liberalism and conservatism, and evaluates the cultural context in which postmodern theology can be viewed. The Companion is divided into seven parts: Aesthetics, Ethics, Gender, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, Heideggerians, and Derrideans. Graham Wade is one of the most outstanding and original theologians working in the field today. This lively collection will have an international appeal, providing readers with the definitive guide to theology and postmodernism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Stax Textbooks
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 176mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 1116g
• ISBN-13: 9780631212171
• ISBN-10: 0631212175
• Artikelnr.: 20987116

Autorenporträt

The Revd Dr Graham Ward is Professor of Contextual Theology in the department for Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester and one of the Directors of the Centre for Religion and Political Culture based there. His books available from Blackwell include The Postmodern God (1997), The Certeau Reader (1999), True Religion (2002), and Christ and Culture (forthcoming).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "Where We Stand".

Part I: Aesthetics.

Part II: Ethics.

Part III: Gender.

Part IV: Hermeneutics.

Part V: Phenomenology.

Part VI: Heideggerians.

Part VII: Derrideans.

Index.

Rezensionen

"If you think you know what postmodern theology is, or think youdon't know, either way these remarkable essays will change yourmind: written by Jews, Christians and atheists; indebted to Plato,the Bible and Augustine; haunted by Heidegger, Levinas, Foucaultand Derrida; dealing with jazz, the Shoah, the ecological crisis,the American prison system and many other topics; some long andpatient, others short and cryptic, all asking to be read more thanonce. You may still not know at the end but you will certainly haveseen the variety and vitality of what theologians are doing, inthese postmodern times, and the zest with which they do it."Fergus Kerr, Blackfriars

"Connecting theology to a variety of disciplines andintellectual traditions, this companion provides an exciting sampleof the current work of postmodern theologians. Many of the essaysare ground-breaking, as the fields of theology and religiousthought move forward into the next century. The polyphony of thevolume provides surprising moments of harmony (and discord). Thisis a valuable sequel to Ward's THEPOSTMODERN GOD, and will beuseful in the classroom." Robert Gibbs, University ofToronto

"The essays provide a lofty introduction to contemporarytheology. The introductory essay by Ward is as good as it gets onthis topic." Choice

"Among the delights of this collection are the essays that dareto reconsider some of the 'bad guys' in the official postmodernstory: thus Catherine Pickstock endeavours to rescue Plato from hisNietzschean decriers, by re-reading the Republic through theLaws to offer an account of Plato's politics as liturgicalrather than totalitarian; while Jean-Luc Marion even seeks to learnfrom the much-despised Descartes." Literature &Theology

"a...useful and exciting volume, bringing together the work ofreligious scholars and theologians across a wide spectrum, creatingspace for their current work independently from a given theme,showing them sometimes in agreement, sometimes in heated argumentwith each other." Anglican Theological Review

"A book good libraries should have." TheologicalStudies