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Captive to the Word of God: Engaging the Scriptures for Contemporary Theological Reflection

Captive to the Word of God: Engaging the Scriptures for Contemporary Theological Reflection

by Miroslav Volf
Captive to the Word of God: Engaging the Scriptures for Contemporary Theological Reflection

Captive to the Word of God: Engaging the Scriptures for Contemporary Theological Reflection

by Miroslav Volf

Overview

In this book, Miroslav Volf, a systematic theologian, interprets texts of the Christian scriptures and invites others to also delve into, as he puts it, the site of God's self-revelation for the sake of humanity's integral salvation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802865908
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 11/12/2010
Pages: 188
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Miroslav Volf is director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture and the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School. His other books include Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation.

Table of Contents

Part I Doing Theology

1 Reading the Bible Theologically 3

2 Theology for a Way of Life 41

Part II Communities of Faith in a Pluralistic World

3 Soft Difference: Church and Culture in 1 Peter 65

4 Peculiar Politics: John's Gospel, Dualism, and Contemporary Pluralism 91

Part III Of God and Mammon

5 God Is Love: Biblical Reflections on a Fundamental Christian Claim in Conversation with Islam 133

6 Hunger for Infinity: Christian Faith and the Dynamics of Economic Progress 151

Afterword 179

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