- Preface
- I. Introduction: Theology as Construction
- 1. The Question of God
- 2. Theology: One-Dimensional, Two-Dimensional, or Holistic?
- 3. Theology as a Human Imaginative Task
- 4. Theological Construction and Faith
- 5. Mystery, Theology, and Conversation
- 6. The Christian World-Picture (I): The Monotheistic Categorial Scheme
- 7. The Christian World-Picture (II): The Category of Christ
- II. Constructing a Concept of the Human
- 8. Historicity and Biology
- 9. Humanity in the World
- 10. Toward a Normative Concept of the Human
- 11. Agency and Self-Reflexiveness as Sociohistorically Constituted
- 12. Subjectivity, Experience, and Freedom
- 13. The Interpenetration of Action with Reflection
- 14. An Ecological Ethic
- 15. The Corruption of Historicity: Freedom and Evil
- 16. Historicity and Religion
- III. Constructing a Concept of the Context of Human Existence: The World
- 17. Small Steps of Faith
- 18. Cosmic Visions and Human Meaning
- 19. Serendipitous Creativity
- 20. Directional Movements in a Serendipitous Universe
- IV. Constructing a Concept of an Ultimate Point of Reference: God
- 21. Functions of the Symbol “God”
- 22. Reconstructing the Concept of God
- 23. Faith in God (I)
- 24. Sin and Evil
- 25. A Wider Christology
- 26. Christ as Paradigm for God and for Humanity
- 27. A Trinitarian God
- V. Faith and Life in Today’s World
- 28. Theocentric Faith and the Churches
- 29. Faith in God (II): Christian Theocentrism
- Notes
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Index of Scriptural References
- Figure 1
- Figure 2
- Figure 3: Interrelation of action and reflection
- Figure 4: Christian theological construction: “small steps” of faith leading to a modern understanding of God
In Face of Mystery
A Constructive Theology
Product Details
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$43.00 • £37.95 • €39.95
ISBN 9780674445765
Publication Date: 03/15/1995
Awards & Accolades
- Co-Winner, 1995 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, Constructive-Reflective Studies Category, American Academy of Religion
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