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Theology against Religion Dr Tom Greggs (University of Aberdeen, UK)

Theology against Religion By Dr Tom Greggs (University of Aberdeen, UK)

Theology against Religion by Dr Tom Greggs (University of Aberdeen, UK)


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A constructive approach from a theological perspective about the category of religion in Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth. This book considers the question of how to understand religion theologically. It seeks to consider this category theologically, rather than sociologically, ethnographically, philosophically or anthropologically.

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Theology against Religion: Constructive Dialogues with Bonhoeffer and Barth by Dr Tom Greggs (University of Aberdeen, UK)

This title gives a constructive approach from a theological perspective about the category of religion in Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Karl Barth. What does it mean to speak of Christianity as a religion? What are the implications of this to relations with secular bodies? If Christianity is identified as a 'religion', how does it relate to other similar human phenomena with which it might loosely be grouped? How should these others be understood in relation to Christianity from the perspective of a Christian theology of religion (as a prior engagement before a theology of the religions)? What makes, for example, Hinduism, Judaism and Islam theologically distinctive as entities from other communities or organizations such as trade unions, political parties or large non-governmental organizations? How should Christianity relate to a complexly pluralistic, religious and secular world? This book considers the question of how to understand religion theologically. The category of 'religion' is one which continues to be used politically and generally, and this book seeks to consider this category theologically, rather than sociologically, ethnographically, philosophically or anthropologically. In order to answer these questions, this book draws constructively on Bonhoeffer and Barth's theologies of religion/religionlessness.

Theology against Religion Reviews

Greggs offers a close, careful survey of the primary source material's treatment of religion as a category and construct ... Given that theologians like Sarah Coakley and Eugene Rogers have recently called our attention to the absence of pneumatological reflection in modern and contemporary theology and the potentialities in it, Greggs' turn to the Spirit as an ecclesiological resource struck me as particularly insightful. -- Brandy Daniels * Center for Barth Studies *
'Focussing on Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Tom Greggs provides both constructive and formative insights into the manifold dimensions of theological critique of religion, particularly in terms of implications for thinking about religion in relation to other faith traditions practised by living communities of people.' - Ralf K. Wustenberg, Chair for Systematic and Historic Theology, Flensburg University, Germany. -- Ralf K. Wustenberg
'This is a profound, daring and practical book. It is more than a powerful recovery of two of the great Christian theologians, Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in their prophetic relevance today. Prof Greggs also moves beyond them in his constructive response to our complexly multi-faith and secular world. He offers a burning vision of Christianity for the twenty-first century: inspired by the Holy Spirit, following Jesus Christ along new ways, Biblical, thoughtful, building up a 'church for others', political, and involved in 'multiple intensities' springing from love of God and neighbour. The two chapters on how Christians can understand and practice inter-faith engagement are a superb culmination.' - David F. Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity and Director of the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme, University of Cambridge, UK. -- David F. Ford

About Dr Tom Greggs (University of Aberdeen, UK)

Tom Greggs studied theology at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and is currently Professor of Theology at the University of Chester, UK.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction; Part I. Christianizing the Critique of Religion; 2. Barth on Religion; 3. Bonhoeffer on Religionlessness; 4. After Religionlessness: Back to Barth and formative motifs; Part II: Non-Religious Christianity and the Secular; 5. Universal Salvation; 6. Ecclesiology post-Christendom; 7. Religionlessness and Public Space; Part III: Non-Religious Christianity and the Religions; 8. Non-Religious Theologies of Religions; 9. Facilitating Dialogue; 10. Conclusion: Mystery and Hope; Index; Bibliography.

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CIN0567104230G
9780567104236
0567104230
Theology against Religion: Constructive Dialogues with Bonhoeffer and Barth by Dr Tom Greggs (University of Aberdeen, UK)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2011-10-27
256
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