A modern introduction to theology :new questions for old beliefs /Philip Kennedy.
Description
Theology ancient and modern -- Christianity's current predicament -- The rise of modernity -- The Enlightenment -- Secularity and suspicion -- Can the Bible be trusted? Modern biblical studies -- The identity of Jesus -- Hermeneutics: are Christian teachings unambiguous? -- Life in the gutter: half-lives and have-nots -- No girls allowed: Christianity and feminist theology -- God, quarks and quasars: modern science and Christian thought -- Modern encounters between major religions -- Conclusion: Theology's paramount task.
xiii, 290 pages :illustrations ;25 cm
Book Details
Author
Kennedy, Philip.
Place Published
City
London ;New York :I.B.Tauris ;New York
Date Published
2006
Publication Subjects
Theology--History.
Philosophical theology.
Intellectual life--History.
Religious thought--History.
Intellectual life.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00975769
Philosophical theology.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01060773
Religious thought.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01094322
Theology.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01149559