The End of Liberal Theology: Contemporary Challenges to Evangelical Orthodoxy

by Peter Toon

Overview

Modern theology is a maze of conflicting beliefs. In fact, the shape of contemporary theology has changed so much in this century--and especially since the 1960s-- that it's hard to make sense of it all. Of not only what the various belief systems mean, but how we came to be where we are within those systems. In The End of Liberal Theology, respected theological lecturer and author Peter Toon introduces evangelicals to modern forms of doctrine and theology--both Protestant and Roman Catholic. He does so by discussing the basics of orthodoxy, by speaking to the various points of accommodation that have resulted in new forms of theology, and by dissecting liberalism and its effect on evangelicalism. This book is thus a "family tree" of modern theology, showing how the various contemporary forms, and those that preceded them, are related to each other. With its comprehensive analysis, The End of Liberal Theology is destined to be a yardstick by which critical evaluations of current doctrines--both old and new, liberal and conservative--will be made.

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ISBN-13:	9781725229068
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	10/01/2010
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Pages:	234
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About the Author

The Reverend Dr. Peter Toon (1939 - 2009) was born in Yorkshire, England, and educated in Hemsworth Grammar School, Yorkshire, Cliff College, Derbyshire, and King's College, University of London. He was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1973, and taught theology in both England and America, and was also a visiting professor and guest lecturer at a variety of seminaries and universities in Asia, Europe, and Australia.
The Reverend Dr. Peter Toon, (1939 - 2009), received his D.Phil. from Oxford. He was ordained a priest in the Church of England. He taught theology in both England and America, and was also a visiting professor and guest lecturer at a variety of seminaries and universities in Asia, Europe, and Australia. Dr. Toon was a parish priest and a recent past-President of the Prayer Book Society of the U.S.A.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Prologue xiii

On Theology and Doctrine

Addressed to the Mind

For Further Reading

1 A Case Study: The Anglican Way 23

The Anglican Way-As It Was

The Anglican Way-In the Process of Changing

For Further Reading

2 Heredity: Liberal Theology and Its Children 45

The Adam and Eve of Protestant Liberalism

Adam and Eve's Children

Liberal Theology Outside Germany

Evangelical Response

Rebellious Children: The Rise of Neo-Orthodoxy

Adam and Eve's Grandchildren

For Further Reading

Appendix: Roman Catholic Theology

3 Environment: The Context of Modern Theology 81

New Worlds Without and Within

The Fact and Consciousness of Choice

A New Middle Class

On Individualism and Community

Transitions

Aspects of Crisis

A Social Portrait of the Theologian

Reflections

For Further Reading

Appendix: Major Influences on Roman Catholic Theology

4 The 1960s 111

The Two 1960s

Honest to God

Rudolf Bultmann

Paul Tillich

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

From Christian Atheism to a Theology of Hobe

Process Theology

For Further Reading

Appendix: Roman Catholicism in the 1960s

5 Typology: Describing Modern Theology 145

Who Is God?

An Ecumenical Proposal

The Use of Typology

The Typology of Donald G. Bloesch

The Typology of Peter Berger

Further Comment on Typology

For Further Reading

Appendix: Types of Modern Roman Catholic Theology

6 Four Types of Theology 177

The Deductive Approach

The Inductive Approach

The Reductive Approach

i Black Theology

ii Liberation Theology

iii Feminist Theology

The Regulative (Narrative) Approach

For Further Reading

Epilogue: Evangelical Theology 211

Three Considerations

A Typology of Evangelicalism

Contemporary Challenges to Evangelical Orthodoxy

Works Cited 219

Index of Names 231