Taking the Long View
Christian Theology in Historical Perspective
1st Edition
Published on 5. October 2011
978-0-19-983141-8 (ISBN)
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Taking the Long View argues in a series of engagingly written essays that remembering the past is essential for men and women who want to function effectively in the present--for without some knowledge of their own past, neither individuals nor institutions know where they have been or where they are going. The book illustrates its thesis with tough-minded examples from the Church's life and thought, ranging from more abstract problems like the theoretical role of historical criticism to such painfully concrete issues as the commandment of Jesus to forgive unforgivable wrongs.
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David C. Steinmetz is the Amos Ragan Kearns Professor Emeritus of the History of Christianity, The Divinity School of Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC, US. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Harvard, Emory, and Notre Dame. He is the founding editor of Oxford Studies in Historical Theology and has published widely in late medieval and Reformation theology, including several pioneering studies in the history of biblical interpretation. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a recipient of the Distinguished Career Award of the American Society of Church History.
Content
01 - The Superiority of Pre-critical Exegesis
02 - Miss Marple Reads the Bible
03 - Inclusive Language and the Trinity
04 - Creator God
05 - Mary Reconsidered
06 - The Catholic Luther
07 - Starting Over: Reformation and Conversion
08 - Forgiving the Unforgivable Wrong
09 - The Domestication of Prophecy
10 - The Learned Ministry Revisited
11 - Marriage, Celibacy, and Ordination
12 - Christ and the Eucharist
13 - World Christianity under New Management
14 - Religion in the Public Square
15 - The Necessity of the Past
16 - Taking the Long View
17 - Concluding Notes for a Pilgrim People
18 - Appendix - Footnotes to an Old Complaint
