Freedom of Christian Theology

Piotr J. Malysz is associate professor of divinity at Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama.R. David Nelson is Director of Baylor University Press.

• IntroductionPiotr J. Malysz and R. David NelsonChapter One: The Justification Event: A Phenomenological Supplement to Eberhard Jüngel’s Doctrine of JustificationScott BaileyChapter Two: “God’s Being is in Coming”: Eberhard Jüngel’s Demythologized Doctrine of the TrinityDavid BrunerChapter Three: For the Beauty of the Earth?: On Eberhard Jüngel’s Theological AestheticsDeborah CasewellChapter Four: Different Expressions of Justice in Salvation and Providence: Eberhard Jüngel on Theological Anthropology and Justification—with Help from Thomas AquinasDavid C. ChaoChapter Five: Jüngel’s Spiritually light Pneumatology: Reflections on his “Triptych” on the Holy SpiritMark W. ElliottChapter Six: Jüngel’s Concept of Analogy: An Apologia for the Humanity of GodPaolo Gamberini, SJChapter Seven: Metaphorical Truth and Christian Theology: Eberhard Jüngel on the Language of FaithPaul R. HinlickyChapter Eight: Revisiting Jüngel on the God/World Relation: Creation, Incarnation, and the Doctrine of AnalogyChristopher R.J. HolmesChapter Nine: The (Hi)story of God: The Function of Narrative in Eberhard Jüngel’s Divine OntologyC. M. HowellChapter Ten: The Trinity and Reality: Trinitarian Doctrine between Grammar and ValuePiotr J. MalyszChapter Eleven: Theory and Praxis in Theology “after” Karl Barth: Eberhard Jüngel and Helmut Gollwitzer on Socialism and SolidarityW. Travis McMakenChapter Twelve: John Webster’s Contribution to the Reception of Jüngel’s Theology in the Anglophone WorldR. David NelsonChapter Thirteen: Evoking a Vocative Anthropology: Jüngel and Caputo on Political PneumatologyB. Keith PuttChapter Fourteen: The Staurocentric Logic of Eberhard Jüngel: Pneumatology and EcclesiologyKathryn L. ReinhardChapter Fifteen: Jüngel’s Contribution to a Christian Hatred of Death: An Ecumenical EngagementRobert SalerChapter Sixteen: The Quality of Christian Life and Theology: Some Remarks on FreedomPhilip G. ZieglerAppendix: The Humanity of God and the Humanity of Humans: Theses on Eberhard Jüngel’s Theological AnthropologyChristoph SchwöbelAbout the Contributors

The theological works of Eberhard Jüngel have never quite received the attention in English-language scholarship that their boldness, creativity, and insight deserve. In this volume, however, Malysz and Nelson begin to rectify this long-standing neglect, and set forth a compelling series of essays engaging his thought appreciatively yet critically. From justification to pneumatology, and from narrative to aesthetics, their contributors range widely and deeply over the themes present in Jüngel’s diverse corpus, informing and illuminating in equal measure. This is a truly welcome collection, ideal both for seasoned Jüngel devotees and those yet to enjoy his work.