Reconstructing Theology: The Contribution of Francis Schssler Fiorenza

by Terence James Bateman

Overview

Francis Schssler Fiorenza is one of the pivotal contemporary Roman Catholics working in systematic theology. Terence Bateman provides an overview of Fiorenzas theological biography and explicates the major contours of Fiorenzas vital contributions to theological method, foundational, systematic and constructive theology, and the practical function of religion in society and politics. As Bateman argues, Fiorenzas vision is one of unrivaled clarity and coherence; even more, it follows a path of the shifting patterns in theology over the past half century, thus shedding light upon the internal constitution of recent Catholic and Protestant theology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451472110
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	02/01/2014
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Terence Bateman is a priest in the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in the United Kingdom and former senior lecturer in theology at St. Augustine College of South Africa. He holds a PhD, STD, and STL in theology from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I A Theological Vision

1 Formative Foundations of a Theological Journey 7

2 Formative Ideas of a Theological Vision 33

3 A Critical Reconstruction of Foundational Theology 63

4 A Critical Evaluation of Fiorenza's Project 93

Part II Applying a Reconstructive Hermeneutics to Contemporary Discourses

5 A Reconstructive Hermeneutics of Religious Plurality 127

6 The Determination of Theological Truth 147

7 Interpreting Concrete Historical Traditions in Relation to Universal Discourses 169

8 Cosmopolitanism and Distinctive Approaches in Theology 179

Postscript 201

Fiorenza Select Bibliography 207

Index of Subjects 213

Index of Names 215