Constructive Promise of Schleiermacher's Theology

Shelli M. Poe is Visiting Professor at Iliff School of Theology, USA.

• IntroductionA. Schleiermacher and Constructive Forms of TheologyB. A Brief Introduction to Schleiermacher’s Thought on Religion and TheologyC. The Approach of this VolumeD. Initial MotivationsE. Chapter Overview1. TrinityA. Schleiermacher and the Doctrine of the TrinityB. Problematic Features of Trinitarian DoctrineC. Essential Trinitarianism 2. Christ and RedemptionA. Contemporary Challenges to ChristologyB. Schleiermacher’s ChristologyC. Womanist Atonement Theories and Schleiermacher’s SoteriologyD. Further Benefits of Schleiermacher’s Soteriology3. Church and SpiritA. Joy and Laughter as Ecclesial PracticesB. Expanding the Imaginary: A Queer Community of Woman4. God and Creation A. Absolute Causality and Divine ImnipotenceB. Divine Sovereignty and Prayerful SubmissionConclusionBibliographyIndex

The Constructive Promise of Schleiermacher’s Theology is a valuable work because of how it connects the insights of Schleiermacher with current theological work, especially by feminist, womanist, and queer theologians and ethicists ... While Schleiermacher is well known for his understanding of theological work as speaking to the needs and realities of its own age, Poe shows how this should always be done in conversation with earlier ages, whose needs, realities, and resulting theologies, retain constructive promise for our own present considerations.