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The Shaping of Tradition: Context and Normativity
Concerning the normativity of the Christian tradition, there remains much to be said in a theological context today. In the modern period, from the debates that (still) rage over the reception of the second Vatican council to the embeddedness of tradition in Orthodox positions, from firmly rooted national-ecclesial traditions to the challenges of various contextual and postmodern theologies, our understanding of tradition and its normativizing legacy continue to take center stage in our ongoing global theological conversations, though the exact stakes are often unclear and much in need of further examination. We are faced at present with an ever increasing rigor and depth in terms of theologians' willingness to confront the relationship between history, tradition and normativity - the great shaping forces of the Christian life, and ones which often go unexamined. What we discover in the midst of these reflections is that discerning whether or not God has interrupted our conceptualizations of history or whether and how our traditions are affected by God's people (or those who shepherd them) is a highly complex affair, and one that each of the essays presented here attempts to address in its own way.
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The Shaping of Tradition: Context and Normativity
Concerning the normativity of the Christian tradition, there remains much to be said in a theological context today. In the modern period, from the debates that (still) rage over the reception of the second Vatican council to the embeddedness of tradition in Orthodox positions, from firmly rooted national-ecclesial traditions to the challenges of various contextual and postmodern theologies, our understanding of tradition and its normativizing legacy continue to take center stage in our ongoing global theological conversations, though the exact stakes are often unclear and much in need of further examination. We are faced at present with an ever increasing rigor and depth in terms of theologians' willingness to confront the relationship between history, tradition and normativity - the great shaping forces of the Christian life, and ones which often go unexamined. What we discover in the midst of these reflections is that discerning whether or not God has interrupted our conceptualizations of history or whether and how our traditions are affected by God's people (or those who shepherd them) is a highly complex affair, and one that each of the essays presented here attempts to address in its own way.
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The Shaping of Tradition: Context and Normativity

The Shaping of Tradition: Context and Normativity

The Shaping of Tradition: Context and Normativity

The Shaping of Tradition: Context and Normativity

Overview

Concerning the normativity of the Christian tradition, there remains much to be said in a theological context today. In the modern period, from the debates that (still) rage over the reception of the second Vatican council to the embeddedness of tradition in Orthodox positions, from firmly rooted national-ecclesial traditions to the challenges of various contextual and postmodern theologies, our understanding of tradition and its normativizing legacy continue to take center stage in our ongoing global theological conversations, though the exact stakes are often unclear and much in need of further examination. We are faced at present with an ever increasing rigor and depth in terms of theologians' willingness to confront the relationship between history, tradition and normativity - the great shaping forces of the Christian life, and ones which often go unexamined. What we discover in the midst of these reflections is that discerning whether or not God has interrupted our conceptualizations of history or whether and how our traditions are affected by God's people (or those who shepherd them) is a highly complex affair, and one that each of the essays presented here attempts to address in its own way.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789042929364
Publisher: Peeters Publishing
Publication date: 06/04/2013
Series: Annua Nuntia Lovaniensia , #70
Pages: 386
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction Colby Dickinson 1

Tradition and Method in Theology

Temporal and Spatial Catholicism: Tensions in Historicism in the Oxford Movement Mark Chapman 17

The Normarivity of History that Shapes Tradition: Human Experience, Sensus Fidei, and Sociology Michael G. Lawler Todd A. Salzman 27

Reinterpreting the Truth and Identity of the Christian Tradition: Francis Schüssler Fiorenza and Lieven Boeve in Dialogue Terence Bateman 43

History and Tradition in Yves Congar's La Tradition et les traditions Ward De Pril 59

Tradition and Normativity of History within an 'Economy of Salvation' Michael Quisinsky 73

Ut Musica Christianitas: Christian Tradition as a History of Performances Anthony J. Godzieba 91

Faith and History: The Context of Joseph Ratzinger's Study of Bonaventure Idahosa Amadasu 101

Tradition and the Postmodern Condition

Human Contingency, Divine Freedom, and the Normative Shape of Saving History Philip J. Rossi 117

Tradition and the Savagery of History Marie L. Baird 131

The Gaping Split of the Subject in Politics and Tradition Delfo Cortina Canceran 145

Desire and Contemplative Silence: A Feminist Exploration of Transformation Within and Beyond Tradition Phyllis H. Kaminski 163

The Tradition of Medieval Theology as a Source for Doing Theology in Post-modern Times: Gratuity and Transcendence in Medieval Theology Rik Van Nieuwenhove 173

Is Tradition Inspired? Jessica M. Murdoch 185

Tradition and Church

The Lutheran Reformation and the Normativity of History H. Ashley Hall 201

Traditioning and the Emerging Shape of a Local Church: A Nigerian Example Elochukwu E. Uzukwu 215

'Make a Complete Break with the Past'? Overcoming the Ambivalence of African Pentecostal Ecclesiology towards Tradition Stephen Annan 231

The Idea of Ecclesiae renovatio in the Second Vatican Council: A Reflection on Lumen Gentium and Unitatis Redintegratio Edward Mushi 247

Tradition and Orthodox Theology

Trinity and Tradition: Re-visiting the Trinitarian Tradition East and West Declan Marmion 267

History Tied Down by the Normativity of Tradition? Inversion of Perspective in Orthodox Theology: Challenges and Problems Ivana Noble 283

The Eschatological Understanding of Tradition in Contemporary Orthodox Theology and Its Relevance for Today's Issues Pantelis Kalaitzidis 297

Tradition and the Challenge of Context

A Critique of the Historical Development of Catholic Dialogue with Jews and Muslims: The Challenges and Benefits of Post-Modern Religious Pluralism Marinus C. Iwuchukwu 314

Dear and Costly Traditions in the Face of Contemporary Planet-Wide Challenges Jacques Haers 331

Conservation through Innovation: The Dynamic Scriptural Tradition of the Pentateuch within Judaism of the Second Temple Period Hans Debel 345

Hate Speech and Curses: (Re)Distilling a Theology of Curses in the Light of the 'Normativity of the Future' Justice Osei-Fosu 355

Notes on Contributors 371

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