Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Best Contemporary Theology

The blog - God in a Shrinking Universe - has been asking for input on a list of the
Best Contemporary Theology work

There 108 titles on the list. Tomorrow voting begins to narrow the list down. So you have a few hours to add to the list. Title have to fit the timeframe (1981-2006).
  • James Alison, Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay
  • Robert Alter, The Art of Biblical Narrative (1981)
  • Gil Bailie, Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads
  • Hans Urs von Balthasar, Theo-Dramatik (completed 1983)
  • Carl Bangs, 'Arminius: A Study in the Dutch Reformation' (1985)
  • Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the eyewitnesses: the Gospels as eyewitness testimony (2006)
  • Oswald Bayer: Living by Faith - Justification and Sanctification
  • Kwame Bediako: Christianity in Africa: The Renewal of Non-Western Religion
  • Stephen B. Bevans, Models of Contextual Theology (2002)
  • Leonardo Clodvis Boff, Introducing Liberation Theology (1986)
  • Marcus Borg, The Heart of Christianity: Rediscovering a Life of Faith
  • Ion Bria, Liturgy After the Liturgy
  • Walter Brüggermann, The Prophetic Imagination
  • Benezet Bujo: African Theology in its Social Context
  • D. A. Carson, The Gagging of God
  • William T. Cavanaugh, Torture and Eucharist
  • Louis-Marie Chauvet, Symbol and Sacrament: A Sacramental Reinterpretation of Christian Existence
  • Carol Christ, She Who Changes: Re-Imagining the Divine in the World.
  • James Wm McClendon, Systematic Theology
  • Sarah Coakley, Powers and Submissions: Philosophy, Gender, and Spirituality
  • John Cobb, Christ in a Pluralistic Age
  • James Cone, A Black Theology of Liberation (1981)
  • Catherine Mowry LaCugna, God for Us: The Trinity in Christian Life.
  • Marva Dawn, Reaching Out without Dumbing Down
  • John Dear SJ, Living Peace: A Spirituality of Contemplation and Action
  • Oliver O'Donovan, Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics (1994)
  • Gary Dorrien, The Making of American Liberal Theology: Imagining Progressive Relgion 1805-1900
  • Vincent J. Donovan, Christianity Rediscovered
  • Marc H. Ellis, Ending Auschwitz: The Future of Jewish and Christian Life
  • Sallie McFague, The Body of God: An Ecological Theology
  • Douglas Farrow, Ascension and Ecclesia: On the Significance of the Doctrine of the Ascension for Ecclesiology and Christian Cosmology (1999)
  • Gerhard O. Forde, On Being a Theologian of the Cross (1997)
  • Matthew Fox, A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity, 2006.
  • Graeme Goldsworthy, Gospel and Kingdom (1981)
  • Stanley Grenz, Theology for the Community of God, 2000
  • Griffiths, Bede. Return to the Center, 1982.
  • Colin Gunton, The One, The Three, and The Many
  • Vigen Guroian, Ethics After Christendom
  • Gustavo Gutierrez, We Drink From Our Own Wells (1984)
  • Douglas John Hall, The Cross in our Context
  • David Bentley Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite (2003)
  • Stanley Hauerwas, The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer on Christian Ethics
  • Haught, John F. God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution, 2001.
  • J. Daniel Hays, 'From Every People and Nation: A Biblical Theology of Race' (2003)
  • Richard B. Hays, Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul (1989)
  • Carter Heyward, Touching Our Strength: The Erotic As Power and the Love of God
  • Larry Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ: devotion to Jesus in earliest Christianity (2003)
  • Robert W. Jenson, Systematic Theology, 2 vols. (1997-99)
  • John Paul II, Theology of the Body (1979-1984)
  • Elizabeth Johnson, She Who Is
  • Luke Timothy Johnson, Scripture and Discernment: Decision Making in the Church
  • Serene Jones: Feminist Theory and Christian Theology (2000)
  • Eberhard Jüngel, Justification: The Heart of the Christian Faith
  • Mark Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Mind of God (2003)
  • Walter Kasper, Der Gott Jesu Christi (1982)
  • Emmanuel Katongole: The Future of Africa
  • Hans Küng, Theologie im Aufbruch
  • Harold Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People
  • Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy
  • Robert Letham, The Holy Trinity
  • George A. Lindbeck: The Nature of Doctrine (1984)
  • Jean Marc-Ela: African Cry
  • Jean-Luc Marion, Dieu sans l'être (1982)
  • Johann Baptist Metz, Faith in History and Society
  • John Milbank, Theology and Social Theory (1990)
  • R.W.L. Moberly, Prophecy and Discernment
  • Jurgen Moltmann, The Spirit of Life
  • Richard A. Muller. Post Reformation Dogmatics, Volumes I-IV. 2003
  • Lesslie Newbigin, The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission (1995)
  • John T. Noonan, A Church that Can and Cannot Change (2005)
  • Henri J.M. Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus
  • Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (1982)
  • Heiko A. Oberman. The Dawn of the Reformation. 1992.
  • Mercy Amba Oduyoye: Beads and Strands: Reflections of an African Woman
  • Wolfhart Pannenberg, Systematic Theology, 3 vols. (1988-93)
  • William Placher, The Domestication of the Transcendence, 2000
  • Jeffery Pugh - Entertaining the Triune Mystery: God, Science, and the Space Between
  • Joseph Ratzinger, Werte in Zeiten des Umbruchs: Die Herausforderungen der Zukunft bestehen (2004)
  • Stephen G. Ray, Jr, Do No Harm: Social Sin and Christian Responsibility
  • Rosemary Radford Reuther: Sexism and God-Talk (1983)
  • Peter Rollins, How (Not) to Speak of God
  • Hieromonk Seraphim Rose: The Soul After Death
  • Jonathan Sacks, The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations
  • Lamin Sanneh: Translating the Message
  • Edward Schillebeeckx, Pleidooi voor mensen in de kerk. Christelijke identiteit en ambten in de kerk (1985)
  • David L. Schindler, Heart of the World, Center of the Church (1996)
  • Harold Senkbeil, Dying to Live: The Power of Forgiveness (1994)
  • Joseph Sittler: The Care of the Earth.
  • Stephen Sizer, 'Christian Zionism: Road Map to Armageddon?' (2004)
  • Archpriest Seraphim Slobodskoy: The Law of God
  • Jon Sobrino, The Principle of Mercy
  • John Stott, The Cross of Christ (1986)
  • Dorothee Sölle, To Work and To Love: A Theology of Creation
  • Kathryn Tanner: Jesus, Humanity, and the Trinity: A Brief Systematic Theology
  • Anthony Thiselton, The First Epistle to the Corinthians: a commentary on the Greek text (2000)
  • T. F. Torrance, The Trinitarian Faith (1985)
  • David Tracy, The analogical imagination: Christian theology and the culture of pluralism (1981)
  • E. Frank Tupper, A Scandalous Providence: The Jesus Story of God's Compassion
  • Kevil Vanhoozer, The Drama of Doctrine
  • J. Danny Weaver, The Non-Violent Atonement
  • Rowan Williams: On Christian Theology
  • Clark Willimanson, Way of Blessing, Way of Life: A Christian Theology
  • Miroslav Wolf : Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation.
  • Telford Work, Living and active: scripture in the economy of salvation (2002)
  • N. T. Wright, Simply Christian
  • John Howard Yoder, Body Politics.
  • Yogananda, Paramahansa. The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You, 2004.
  • John D. Zizioulas: Being as Communion

1 comment:

Walking Church said...

dear bros..where is your submission? You have my vote!!! (RoG)

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