The Revolutionary Gospel

Paul Lehmann and the Direction of Theology Today

Nancy J. Duff, Ry O. Siggelkow, Brandon K. Watson (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

424 Seiten

2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-9787-1224-9 (ISBN)

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This volume is a collection of 33 essays, sermons, and contemporaneous addresses by Paul L. Lehmann, some of which are published here for the first time. The material addresses the revolutionary dimension of Protestant thought, the contextual character of theological ethics, and the humanizing power of the gospel.

This volume is a collection of 33 essays, sermons, and contemporaneous addresses by Paul L. Lehmann, a highly influential theological voice of the twentieth century. Lehmann was a close friend of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a student and friend of Reinhold Niebuhr, and a longtime colleague of James Cone. One of the first American readers of Karl Barth, Lehmann's work also influenced early liberation theologies throughout the world. The works included here span the years 1938-1998 and are organized around the following themes: the direction of theology today (I); the revolutionary dimension of the gospel (II); the future of theology in a post-Christian world (III); and Dietrich Bonhoeffer: a theological friendship (IV). The works contained in this volume were written to address a particular context yet remain surprisingly relevant for today.

Nancy J. Duff is the Stephen Colwell Associate Professor of Christian Ethics Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ. Ry O. Siggelkow is the director of the Leadership Center for Social Justice at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN. Brandon K. Watson is the academic assistant for systematic theology at the Protestant University Wuppertal and a researcher at Heidelberg University.

Part I: The Direction of Theology Today
Introduction to Part I
1. The Direction of Theology Today (1946)
2. Contextual Theology (1972)
3. The Context of Theological Inquiry (1956)
4. The Formative Power of Particularity (1963)
5. The Dynamics of Reformation Ethics (1950)
6. Barth and Brunner: The Dilemma of the Protestant Mind (1940)
7. The Ant and the Emperor (1998)
8. Theologians Who Have Influenced Me [Reinhold Niebuhr] (1970)
9. Louise Pettibone Smith, Rudolf Bultmann, and Wellesley (1985)

Part II: The Revolutionary Dimension of the Gospel
Introduction to Part II
10. The Shape of Theology for a World in Revolution (1965)
11. Toward a Protestant Analysis of the Ethical Problem (1944)
12. The Politics of Easter (1980)
13. Piety, Power, and Politics: Church and Ministry Between Ratification and Resistance (1982)
14. The Christian Faith and Civil Liberties (1952)
15. Karl Barth, Theologian of Permanent Revolution (1972)
16. Black Theology and “Christian” Theology (1975)
17. The Transfig

Erscheinungsdatum	17.10.2022
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 237 mm
Gewicht	739 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	1-9787-1224-3 / 1978712243
ISBN-13	978-1-9787-1224-9 / 9781978712249
Zustand	Neuware