A Modern Introduction to Theology: New Questions for Old Beliefs (Introductions to Religion) - Softcover

Philip Kennedy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1845110102 ISBN 13: 9781845110109

Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Philip Kennedy, here, offers the first book that any student - with or without religious convictions - can profitably use to get quickly to grips with the essentials of the Christian religion: its history and its key thinkers, its successes and its failures. Most existing undergraduate textbooks of theology begin from essentially traditional positions on the Bible, doctrine, authority, interpretation, and God. What makes Philip Kennedy's book both singularly important and uniquely different is that it has a completely new starting-point. The author contends that traditional Christian theology must extensively overhaul many of its theses because of a multitude of modern social, historical and intellectual revolutions. Offering a grand historical sweep of the genesis of the modern age, and writing with panache and a magisterial grasp of the relevant debates, conflicts and controversies, 'A Modern Introduction to Theology' moves a tired and increasingly incoherent discipline in genuinely fresh and exciting directions, and will be welcomed by students and readers of the subject.

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About the Author

Philip Kennedy is a member of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Mansfield College. He is the author of a much-praised volume on the theology of Edward Schillebeeckx.

Edition details

• Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845110102
• ISBN 13: 9781845110109
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300