In this Very Short Introduction, David Ford provides a balanced survey, for both believers and non-believers, to the central questions of contemporary theology. In this new edition, Ford includes updates to a number of areas, including theology between faiths, theological responses to science, and the effect of globalization and technology.
In this Very Short Introduction, David Ford provides a balanced survey, for both believers and non-believers, to the central questions of contemporary theology. In this new edition, Ford includes updates to a number of areas, including theology between faiths, theological responses to science, and the effect of globalization and technology.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface
- Part 1: Describing the field
- 1: Introduction: Theology and the religions in transformation
- 2: Theology and religious studies: how is the field shaped?
- Part 2: Theological explorations
- 3: Thinking of God
- 4: Living before God: worship, ethics, and politics
- 5: Facing evil
- 6: Jesus Christ
- 7: Salvation - scope, intensity, and dialogues
- Part 3: Skills, disciplines, and methods
- 8: Through the past to the present: history and texts
- 9: Experience, reason, and wisdom
- Part 4: Prospects
- 10: Theology for the third millennium
- References
- Further reading
