Speaking of God in an Inhumane World, Volume 1: Essays on Liberation Theology and Radical Christianity
Christopher Rowland, "Speaking of God in an Inhumane World, Volume 1: Essays on Liberation Theology and Radical Christianity"
English | ISBN: 1666753858 | 2024 | 264 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1666753858 | 2024 | 264 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
This two-volume collection of essays on the Bible and social justice, liberation theology, and radical Christianity by Christopher Rowland addresses the question raised by Gustavo Gutiérrez about how we can speak of God as a loving parent in a world that continues to be so inhumane. These essays by an esteemed New Testament scholar represent intellectual interests of a lifetime as he integrated exegesis of the New Testament texts in their first-century contexts and located their interpretations within the quests for meaning and significance that exist within contemporary society. These essays represent mostly the latter concern—exploring Christian Scripture, which has informed the lives of men and women down the centuries—as they interpret both contexts, and in doing so make a significant contribution to contextual theology that should be heard by the inhabitants of both contexts. The first volume of
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