Empire and the Christian Tradition: New Readings of Classical Theologians / Edition 1

by Don H. Compier, Joerg Rieger, Kwok Pui-lan (Translator)

Overview

Distinguished theologians assess the achievements and legacies of thirty- one theological giants in light of Christianity's engagement with imperial power, conquest, colonization, and post colonial themes. A unique textbook anthology ideal for classroom use.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800662158
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	09/28/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	584
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Don H. Compier is dean and professor of theology at Community of Christ Seminary at Graceland University, Independence, Missouri.His books include John Calvin"s Rhetorical Doctrine of Sin (2001), What Is Rhetorical Theology? Textual Practice and Public Discourse (1999), and Empire and the Christian Tradition: New Reading of Classical Theologians, co-edited with Kwok Pui Lan and Joerg Rieger (Fortress Press, 2007).

Joerg Rieger is distinguished professor of theology, Cal Turner Chancellor's Chair of Wesleyan Studies, and director of the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice at Vanderbilt University. Hs books include Jesus vs. Caesar: For People Tired of Serving the Wrong God (2018), No Religion but Social Religion: Liberating Wesleyan Theology (2018), Unified We Are a Force: How Faith and Labor Can Overcome America's Inequalities (2016), and No Rising Tide: Theology, Economics, and the Future (2009).

Kwok Pui-lan is Professor of Theology at Episcopal Divinity School.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Theology and Empires: Joerg Rieger

Theology and Social Theory: Kwok Pui-lan

On Reading the Theological Canon: Don Compier Theological Figures

Paul: Tatha Wiley

Athanasius (298-373): Sheila Briggs

Augustine (354-430): Anthony Chvala-Smith

Boniface (c.672-754): Marion Grau

Theodore the Studite (759-826): Ian McFarland

Anselm (c.1033-1109): Darby Ray

Mechtild (c.1210-c.1285): Wendy Farley

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274): Mark D. Jordan

Julian of Norwich (1342-1416): Shelly Rambo

Martin Luther (1483-1546): Deanna Thompson

Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484-1566): Hjamil A. Martinez-Vazquez

John Calvin (1509-1564): Don Compier

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695): Michele Gonzalez

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758): Don Schweitzer

John Wesley (1703-1791): Ted Jennings

Ann Lee (1736-1784): Linda Mecadante

Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834): Joerg Rieger

G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831): David Kamitsuka

Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855): Edward Antonio

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895): Dwight Hopkins

William Temple (1881-1944): Ellen Wondra

Karl Barth (1886-1968): Cynthia Rigby

Hendrick Kraemer (1888-1965): Jan Pranger

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971): Larry Rasmussen

Karl Rahner (1904-1984): Susan Abraham

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945): David Field

Simone Weil (1909-1943): Inese Ratzins

M.M. Thomas (1916-1996): Sathianathan Clarke

Juan Luis Segundo (1925-1996): Roger Haight

John Mbiti (b. 1931): Jim Perkinson