Edward Schillebeeckx and Contemporary Theology [Paperback]

This collection of essays by renowned theologians investigates the role of Edward Schillebeeckx' thought for contemporary theology.

Lieven Boeve is professor of fundamental theology at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), where he currently also serves as Dean of the Faculty and as the co-ordinator of the Research Group Theology in a Postmodern Context. His research concerns theological epistemology, philosophical theology, truth in faith and theology, tradition development and hermeneutics. He is the author of Interrupting Tradition. An Essay on Christian Faith in a Postmodern Context (2003) and God Interrupts History. Theology in a Time of Upheaval (2007). He has co-edited various volumes, of which the most recent are: Augustine and Postmodern Thought: A New Alliance against Modernity? (2009) and Orthodoxy: Process and Product (2009). From 2005 till 2009 he served as president of the European Society for Catholic Theology.
Dr Frederiek Depoortere is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) at the Faculty of Theology, K.U.Leuven (Belgium) and a member of the research group 'Theology in a Postmodern Context'.

List of Contents

In Memoriam Edward Schillebeeckx, OP (1914-2009)

Prof. dr. Lieven Boeve, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Prof. dr. Ben Vedder, Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Letter from Edward Schillebeeckx to the Participants in the Symposium 'Theology for the 21st Century: The Enduring Relevance of Edward Schillebeeckx for Contemporary Theology' (Leuven - December 3-6, 2008)

Preface

Frederiek Depoortere

List of Contributors

INTRODUCTION

The Enduring Significance and Relevance of Edward Schillebeeckx: Introducing the State of the Question in Medias Res, Lieven Boeve

PART I 'God Is Nelsy