Empire and the Christian Tradition: New Readings of Classical Theologians

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Publisher: Fortress Press
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 578
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Distinguished theologians assess the achievements and legacies of thirty- one theological giants in light of Christianity's engagement with imperial power, conquest, colonization, and post colonial themes. A unique textbook anthology ideal for classroom use.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introductory Perspectives
1. Christian Theology and Empires
2. Theology and Social Theory
3. The Christian Tradition and Empires: A Reader’s Guide
Theological Figures
4. Paul and Early Christianity
5. Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 300 - 373)
6. Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430)
7. Wynfrith-Boniface (675 - 754)
8. Theodore the Studite (759 - 826)
9. Anselm of Canterbury (1033 - 1109)
10. Mechthild of Magdeburg (1208 - 1282?)
11. Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274)
12. Julian of Norwich (1342 - c.1416)
13. Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
14. Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484 - 1566)
15. Jean Calvin (1509 - 1564)
16. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651 - 1695)
17. Jonathan Edwards (1703 - 1758)
18. John Wesley (1703 - 1791)
19. Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768 - 1834)
20. G. W. F. Hegel (1770 - 1831)
21. Søren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)
22. Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895)
23. William Temple (1881 - 1944)
24. Karl Barth (1886 - 1968)
25. Hendrik Kraemer (1888 - 1965)
26. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 - 1971)
27. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945)
28. Simone Weil (1909 - 1943)
29. M. M. Thomas (1916 - 1996)
30. Juan Luis Segundo (1925 - 1996)
31. John S. Mbiti (1931 - )
32. Mercy Amba Oduyoye (1934 - )
Notes
Index

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