Shaping a Theological Mind: Theological Context and Methodology

by Darren C. Marks (editor)

Rarely do theological thinkers have the opportunity to present their own self-understanding of both their context and their methodology and the inter-relation of the two. This book gives leading theological minds from North America, Great Britain and Europe an opportunity to explore the shaping of their theological minds in regard to context and methodology. Asking 'why theology', each contributor explores their sense of call to the Christian faith, the purpose of their theological journey, and reflects on his or her context and theology. Cutting across denominational, gender, disciplinary, international and generational boundaries to explore shifts in theology and methodology, this book provides a diagnostic tool for examining where theology has come from and a compass to where theology is headed. Contributors include: James H Cone, Edward Farley, Colin E Gunton, Alister E McGrath, Wayne A Meeks, John Milbank, Jürgen Moltmann, Gerald O'Collins, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Kathryn Tanner, Keith Ward and John Webster.

Genres: Theology

154 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

Reviews

[Alicia]

Helpful for those starting out and new to theological thinking!

[Joseph Sverker]

This is an excellent book when one is embarking upon a PhD in Theology as I am at the moment. It is probably useful to read in early stages of any work on a dissertation like task in theology. Marks has been able to gather an impressive array of scholars from a wide variety of backgrounds. This is very helpful if one is wanting to get one's head around the issue of theological method, and also if one is thinking about what use theology might have over all. Just thinking back on the chapter, the ones that stood out for me were Meeks, Milbank, Moltmann and Farley. They managed to combine their biography (not so much biography in Milbank though) with deep theological methodological thought. But having said this all of the texts are well worth reading. My mind is a little clearer on the topic of theological method, even though I still struggle with how exactly I am going to do theology in my particular topic and PhD. But a great result of reading this book is that one comes out of it with a sense of the relevance of theology today.