Christ and Context

The Confrontation Between Gospel and Culture

Hilary Regan, Alan J. Torrance, Hilary Regan, Alan J. Torrance

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9781474281508
• eBook ISBN:
  9781474281515
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Theology

There is a growing awareness of cultural diversity and plurality on the one hand and shared responsibility for our planet on the other. The sense of cultural identity exposes the wealth and richness of our heritage but also introduces its risks, like the proliferation of often violent independence and separatist movements. A sense of shared responsibility represents the hope to avoid ecological catastrophe and highlights the problems of inequality, poverty and suffering.

Is our understanding of cultures and contexts affected, or even dramatically transformed, by our perception of Christ and Trinitarian theology? This series of essays addresses the issues of cultural plurality and diversity, poverty, sexist and racist oppression and ecological crisis, and aims to discuss the place of Christ in our understanding of human contextuality. Authors include Gustavo Gutiérrez, Jürgen Moltmann, Johann Metz, Janet Martin Soskice and John de Gruchy.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title
• Copyright
• Preface
• Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Future of Theology in a Complex World
• 3. The Truth Looks Different from Here
• 4. Joy in the Midst of Suffering
• 5. Christ in Feminist Context
• 6. Christian Witness and the Transformation of Culture Society in Transition
• 7. Christ in Cosmic Context
• 8. The 'One World': A Challenge to Western Christianity
• 9. The Spirit of God in Creation and Reconciliation
• Notes on contributors
• Index, author
• Index, subject
• List of sponsors