Juengel: A Guide for the Perplexed
Published on 14. November 2019
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-567-66005-3 (ISBN)
Description
This volume offers an up-to-date introduction to Eberhard Juengel's intellectual formation, publications and influence. Juengel is one of the most original and influential Protestant theologians to emerge after Karl Barth, and his theology has received fresh interest of late from systematic theologians, biblical scholars and historians of modern Christian thought.
R. David Nelson guides the reader through the figures, movements and conceptual developments in the background of Juengel's thought. By introducing Juengel's four major monographs and eleven of his key essays, Nelson is able to assess a number of themes prominent in Juengel's theology, and to summarize the achievements, challenges, and prospects of his theological contribution. This comprehensive introduction will help the inquisitive student to engage with Juengel's thought.
R. David Nelson guides the reader through the figures, movements and conceptual developments in the background of Juengel's thought. By introducing Juengel's four major monographs and eleven of his key essays, Nelson is able to assess a number of themes prominent in Juengel's theology, and to summarize the achievements, challenges, and prospects of his theological contribution. This comprehensive introduction will help the inquisitive student to engage with Juengel's thought.
Reviews / Votes
It is a sign of the strength and potential of the field that this text is able to point to future applications of Juengel's work even while acknowledging its limitations and legislating between various debates. Although Nelson introduces some caveats, this text does underscore fulsomely that Eberhard Juengel still "has much to say to us." * Reading Religion * R. David Nelson provides for us an excellent guide into the mind of Eberhard Juengel ... Nelson's offering here provides detailed insights into the great man's thinking, highlights major secondary thinkers, and provides the author's own respectful critiques. Most definitely a worthy read for the student. * Theology * David Nelson here offers a wonderful entree into the life and work of Eberhard Juengel. Accessible, engaging and insightful, Nelson's expert account of Juengel's formative intellectual world and development, as well as his highly instructive "field notes" to several of Juengel's most import texts will prove an invaluable guide to students and future readers of this important and influential - if often perplexing - modern European theologian. * PHILIP G. ZIEGLER, UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, UK * Eberhard Juengel is among the most powerful Christian thinkers of our era. In this splendid new work, R. David Nelson offers a sure and reliable guide to the thought of this modern master. His treatment of Juengel's relevance for ecclesiology and Protestant-Catholic ecumenism is unsurpassed. * JOSEPH MANGINA, WYCLIFFE COLLEGE, CANADA * Sometimes the thought of a major theologian needs to be distilled by an expert if it is to be appreciated by future generations - and all the more so when the reader is confronted with a variety of works, whose contexts may no longer be understood, and does not know where to begin. Fortunately, David Nelson has provided just what is needed with respect to Eberhard Juengel - a reliable guidebook to one of the major theologians of the twentieth century. * JOHN BETZ, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, USA *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
354 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-567-66005-3 (9780567660053)
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Person
R. David Nelson is the author and editor of several books, including The Interruptive Word and Indicative of Grace-Imperative of Freedom. He is editor of Lutheran Forum.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Juengel's Intellectual and Theological Formation
3. Reading Juengel I-The Four Major Monographs
4. Reading Juengel II-Eleven Essential Theological Essays
Conclusion: Juengel's Theology-Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Author and Subject Indexes
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Juengel's Intellectual and Theological Formation
3. Reading Juengel I-The Four Major Monographs
4. Reading Juengel II-Eleven Essential Theological Essays
Conclusion: Juengel's Theology-Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Author and Subject Indexes