Theology After Liberalism Classical and Contemporary Readings [Paperback]

This reader brings together texts which articulate or debate with the mode of theology most commonly identified as 'post-liberal'.List of Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Part I Introduction.

Metaphors for Theology (George P. Schner).

Theology after Liberalism (John Webster).

Part II Doctrines.

Identity Description and Jesus Christ (Hans Frei).

The Triune God: The Perichoresis of Particular Persons (William Placher).

The Atonement and the Triune God (Colin Gunton).

Freedom and Reality (Oliver O’Donovan).

Theology in Dialogue (J. Augustine DiNoia).

Part III Methods.

Beyond the Hermeneutical Deadlock (James J. Buckley).

Tradition and the Tacit (Andrew Louth).

Self-Critical Cultures and Divine Transcendence (Kathryn Tanner).

Depth of Self-Awareness and Breadth of Vision: Joining Reflection and Interpretation (Frans Jozef van Beeck).

Part IV Criticisms.

Feminist Theology: Language, Gender and Power (Mary McClintock Fulkerson).

Postmodern Theology and the Judgement of the World (Rowan Williams).

The Uneasy Alliance Reconceived: Catholic Theological Method, Modernity and Postmodernity (David Tracy).

Part V Afterword.

Toward a Postliberal Theology (George A. Lindeck).

Index

Having grown out of classroom use for postgraduate students, the good introductory material make this reader quite appropriate as a taster for final-year undergraduates.l"