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New Theology No. 5

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723
Condition:
Good - Minimal, limited shelf wear to cover. Tight binding. Clean, crisp and unmarked pages with the exception of a stamp marked "Sale Book" on the inside front page.
Format:
Paperback, 252 pages
Publisher:
The Macmillan Company, 1969
Edition:
First Edition, Third Printing
In volume 5 of New Theology editors Martin E. Marty and Dean G. Peerman compile a great introductory selection of scholarly articles by Bloch, Moltmann, Pannenberg, Keen, Lawler and many others on theological issues of hope, the future and eschatology. Contents: Martin Marty and Dean G. Peerman Introduction: Christian Hope and Human Futures I. Secular Theology--Cautionary Words: Steve Weissman Ne Left Man Meets the Dead God; Emil L. Fackenheim Man and His World in the Perspective of Judaism: Reflections on Expo '67; R.F. Aldwinckle Did Jesus Believe in God? Reflections on Christian Atheism II. The Theology of Hope--Enthusiastic Words: Sam Keen Hope in a Posthuman Era; Carl E. Braaten Toward a Theology of Hope; Wolfhart Pannenberg Appearances as the Arrival of the Future III. The Orientation Toward the Future--Tentative Words: Leslie Dewart God and the Supernatural; Bernard J.F. Lonergan, S.J. The Dehellenization of Dogma; Justus George Lawler The Future of Belief Debate IV. Alternative Futures: Harvey Cox Ernst Bloch and "The Pull of the Future"; Michael Novak The Absolute Future; Roger Garaudy Communists and Christians in Dialogue; Walter J. Ong, S.J. Evolution, Myth and Poetic Vision Edited by Martin E. Marty and Dean G. Peerman

In volume 5 of New Theology editors Martin E. Marty and Dean G. Peerman compile a great introductory selection of scholarly articles by Bloch, Moltmann, Pannenberg, Keen, Lawler and many others on theological issues of hope, the future and eschatology.

Contents:

Martin Marty and Dean G. Peerman Introduction: Christian Hope and Human Futures

I.  Secular Theology--Cautionary Words: Steve Weissman Ne Left Man Meets the Dead God; Emil L. Fackenheim Man and His World in the Perspective of Judaism: Reflections on Expo '67; R.F. Aldwinckle Did Jesus Believe in God? Reflections on Christian Atheism

II.  The Theology of Hope--Enthusiastic Words: Sam Keen Hope in a Posthuman Era; Carl E. Braaten Toward a Theology of Hope; Wolfhart Pannenberg Appearances as the Arrival of the Future

III.  The Orientation Toward the Future--Tentative Words: Leslie Dewart God and the Supernatural; Bernard J.F. Lonergan, S.J. The Dehellenization of Dogma; Justus George Lawler The Future of Belief Debate

IV.  Alternative Futures: Harvey Cox Ernst Bloch and "The Pull of the Future"; Michael Novak The Absolute Future; Roger Garaudy Communists and Christians in Dialogue; Walter J. Ong, S.J. Evolution, Myth and Poetic Vision

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.