Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach To Classical Themes, With Cd-Rom

by Paul Lakeland, Serene Jones (Editor)

In a time of great religious ferment and radical religious questioning, new models and techniques are needed to engage and develop students in the practice of disciplined religious reflection-theology. This new textbook, developed over a period of three years by 50 of North America's top teaching theologians, specifically meets that need.Coordinated by Serene Jones of Yale Divinity School and Paul Lakeland of Fairfield University, members of the Workgroup on Constructive Theology have devised a text that allows students to experience the deeper point of theological questions, to delve into the fractures and disagreements that figured in the development of traditional Christian doctrines, and to sample the diverse and conflicting theological voices that vie for allegiance today. Their text resurrects the excitement of theological thinking by highlighting rather than muffling the diverse religious voices of today's pluralistic theological scene. The text is also highly interactive. The accompanying CD-ROM not only contains the fully searchable text; it also includes chapter summaries and questions for reflection or discussion, hyperlinks to NRSV texts, special boxes that pursue special questions, dozens of links to online dictionaries, biographies and portraits of theologians, and a guide to composing research papers in theology. Critical religious reflection has never been more important, and this text builds those skills by immersing students in the passion, vitality, and energy of theological thinking. Serene Jones is Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and author of Feminist Theory and Christian Theology: Cartographies of Grace (GTI) and Calvin and the Rhetoric of Piety (1995). Paul Lakeland is Professor of Theology at Fairfield University, Connecticut, and author of The Politics of Salvation 1984), Freedom in Christ (1986), Theology and Critical Theory (1990), and Postmodernity (GTI, 1997). IN THE BEGINNING...CREATIVITY

Genres: Theology, Religion

490 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 15, 2004

Reviews

[John Richardson · Rating 4 out of 5]

After first being introduced to it in my first quarter of seminary, I finally got around to reading and finishing this text in earnest. Speaking as a theological student of the early 21st century, I don't feel I really have a frame of reference for what distinguishes systematic and constructive theology. My impression is that constructive theology is a response to and attempt at refurbishing systematic theology rather than any sort of alternative to it. As a whole, the text is an serviceable primer to theology, and certainly for studying at my very progressive alma mater (which was "woke" long before there was such a term).

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very well organized and easy to follow along. Productive read.

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

warning! Not your bedtime reading!
but if you're looking for a good historical overview of key Christian theological doctrines, this is good one.