Theology After Liberalism

John Webster is Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford. Previously he was Ramsay Armitage Professor of Systematic Theology at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. His previous books include Barth's Moral Theology (1997), Barth's Ethics of Reconciliation (1995), The Possibilities of Theology (1994), and Eberhard Jungel (1986). George Schner teaches at Regis College, Toronto. His previous publications include Education for Ministry (1993), and two edited works, Ignatian Spirituality in a Secular Age (1984) and The Church Renewed (1986); he is currently preparing a book on the philosophical foundations of the search for the historical Jesus.

• 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

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