In our time theologians have sought to be honest to God, to discern the secular meaning of the gospel, to walk with freedom in the secular city. In volume 4 of New Theology twelve scholars share these concerns but move "beyond the secular" to deal, in chastened ways, with religion.
Contents:
Martin E. Marty and Dean G. Peerman Introduction: Beyond the Secular: Chastened Religion; Mircea Eliade Crisis and Renewal in History of Religions; Avery Dulles, S.J. Symbol, Myth and the Biblical Revelation; Gordon D. Kaufman On the Meaning of "God": Transcendence Without Mythology; Jerry H. Gill Talk about Religious Talk; Heinrich Ott Language and Understanding; Justus George Lawler Theology and the Uses of History; Manfred H. Vogel The Dilemma of Identity for the Emancipated Jew; Gabriel Fackre The Issue of Transcendence in the New Theology, the New Morality, and the New Forms; Albert C. Outler Veni, Creator Spiritus The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit; John Kent Problems of a Protestant Spirituality; Max L. Stackhouse Toward a Theology for the New Social Gospel; Harvey Cox The Death of God and the Future of Theology
Edited by Martin E. Marty and Dean G. Peerman
About the Author
Martin Marty, one of today's most respected theologians, is professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, where the Martin Marty Center has been founded to promote public religion endeavors. His more than fifty books include Modern American Religion. He is a winner of the National Book Award and was the first religion scholar to receive the National Humanities Medal.
