Taking the long view : Christian theology in historical perspective / / David C. Steinmetz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826540003321
• Autore: Steinmetz David Curtis
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 0-19-983141-6; 0-19-025827-6; 1-283-26971-6; 9786613269713; 0-19-983031-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 187 pages)
• Disciplina: 230.09
• Soggetti: Theology, Doctrinal - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The superiority of pre-critical exegesis -- Miss Marple reads the Bible -- Inclusive language and the Trinity -- Creator God -- Mary reconsidered -- The Catholic Luther -- Starting over : Reformation and conversion -- Forgiving the unforgivable wrong -- The domestication of prophecy -- The learned ministry revisited -- Marriage, celibacy, and ordination -- Christ and the Eucharist -- World Christianity under new management -- Religion in the public square -- The necessity of the past -- Taking the long view -- Concluding notes for a pilgrim people.
• Sommario/riassunto: Taking the Long View argues in a series of engagingly written essays that remembering the past is essential for men and women who want to function effectively in the present--for without some knowledge of their own past, neither individuals nor institutions know where they have been or where they are going. The book illustrates its thesis with tough-minded examples from the Church's life and thought, ranging from more abstract problems like the theoretical role of historical criticism to such painfully concrete issues as the commandment of Jesus to forgive unforgivable wrongs.