An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective

includes index and biblioraphy

PART 1 FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING The Nature of Theology 1. Mystery and Revelation Knowing the Unknowable God 10 Knowing the Mystery 13 The Mystery of Revelation 16 Where Revelation Is Found 18 Revelation as Personal Encounter 23 Revelation in Context 24 Conclusion 25 Questions for Reflection 26 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 2. Faith and Theology The Dynamics of Faith 27 Faith as Gift/Faith and Doubt 31 The Notion of Theology 33 Faith-Seeking-Understanding 36 Conclusion 43 Questions for Reflection 44 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 3. Faith Seeking Understanding in a Global Church " Variations" on a Theological Theme 45 Conclusion 58 Questions for Reflection 59 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study PART II FAITH SEEKING TOGETHER The Ecdesial Nature of Theology 4. The Community as Source of Theology Doing Theology in Community Theological Foundations 65 Doing Theology in Community 81 Conclusion 87 Questions for Reflection 88 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 88 5. Community as Source and Parameter of Theology Theology and Tradition Human Existence as Traditional 90 The Twofold Nature of Tradition 91 Christian Tradition 92 The Development of Tradition 98 Conclusion 106 Questions for Reflection 108 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 108 6. Community as the Parameter of Theology Theology and the Magisterium The Concept of the Magisterium 110 Theologians and the Magisterium 122 The Magisterium and Dissent 128 Conclusion 132 Questions for Reflection 132 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 133 PART III THE WAY FAITH SEEKS Theological Methods 7. Historical Investigation and Theological Reflection Classical and Contemporary Methods A Twofold Movement: Historical Investigation and Theological Reflection 138 Doing Theology as Critical Reflection on Praxis Conclusion 162 Questions for Reflection 163 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 163 8. Contextual Methods Theology and Context 165 Models of Contextual Theology 167 Conclusion 187 Questions for Reflection 188 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 9. Catholic Method The Vision of Catholicism 189 Tensions in the Vision 197 Catholicism and Fundamentalism 199 Conclusion 202 Questions for Reflection 203 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study PART IV FAITH SEEKING THROUGH THE AGES Theology, History, and Culture 10. Christian Theology from the Beginnings to 1000 Theology in the New Testament 208 Theology in the Second and Third Centuries 210 Theology from 300 to 600 218 Theology from 600 to 1000 233 Conclusion 237 Questions for Reflection 237 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 238 11. Christian Theology from 1000 to 1700 Theology from 1000 to 1500 240 Theology from 1500 to 1700 258 Theology in 1700 272 Questions for Reflection 272 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 273 12. Christian Theology in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Theology in the Eighteenth Century 275 Catholic Theology in the Nineteenth Century 279 Protestant and Anglican Theology in the Nineteenth Century 285 Theology from 1900 to the Great War 291 Conclusion 293 Questions for Reflection 294 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 295 13. Christian Theology from the Twentieth Century to the Present Theology from 1914 to the Second Vatican Council 297 Theology from Vatican II to the Present 308 Conclusion 321 Questions for Reflection 322 Suggestions for Further Reading and Study 322