Contextual Fundamental Theology / Hans Waldenfels SJ, Susan Johnson

• VerfasserIn: Waldenfels SJ, Hans
• ÜbersetzerIn: Johnson, Susan
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Diagram of the Structure of Contextual Fundamental Theology /; Preface to the English Edition /; Introduction: “Contextual Fundamental Theology” /; The Claim of Christianity /; Claim and contradiction /; Claim in context /; Theology in context /; Fundamental theology /; God – Word /; The contemporary context of the question of God /; Approaches to God /; God’s Revelation /; Jesus Christ the Mediator /; The contemporary context of the Jesus question /; Approaches to Jesus Christ /; Following Christ /; Faith and faith community /; The contemporary context of faith and of the faith community /; Approaches to Faith in the Faith Community /; Church and World /; Knowledge of faith /; God’s Word in the word of man /; Tradition /; “At your word” /; Index of Abbreviations /; Bibliography /; Index of Scriptural References /; Index of Names /; Index of Subjects /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 3657788352
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Hans Waldenfels SJ, Susan Johnson

The handbook of fundamental theology is the result of twenty years of teaching and research and has already appeared in seven different languages; a Chinese edition is on the way. Hans Waldenfels held the chair at the university of Bonn from 1977-1997, where the former Pope Benedict XVI. - Joseph Ratzinger - began his scholarly career. Waldenfels came to Bonn after he had lived and worked in Japan for ten years where he experienced a completely different language and culture. In Japan as well as in other parts of Asia, inculturation became a life experience for him. Following the three classical topics of fundamental theology - God, Jesus Christ, the Church - Waldenfels asks how they fit into the different contexts of ethnic, cultural, religious and ideological contexts of life. Finally he reflects on the process of Christian theology. The handbook shows that modern Christian theology needs a profound knowledge and analysis of the diversity of human and social life. At the same time an equally deep involvement in the mystery of the divine as it appears in the life and death of Jesus Christ. It calls for a strong connection between historical awareness and an insatiable desire of the infinite Beyond.