20th Century theology : God & the world in a transitional age / [print]
Twentieth-century theology
Stanley J. Grenz and Roger E. Olson.
- Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)1992.
- 393 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
Transcendence and Immanence and Modern Theological History -- Enlightenment: the Shattering of the Classical Balance -- Reconstruction of Transendence: Immanence in Nineteenth-Century Theology -- Revolt Against Immanence : Transcendence in Neo-orthodoxy -- Deepening of Immanence: Reformulations of the Liberal Tradition -- Immanence within the secular: the Radical Movement. Transcendence of the Future: the Theology of Hope -- Renewal of Immanence in the Experience of Oppression: Liberal Theologies -- Transcendence of the Human Spirit: the New Catholic Theology -- Transcendence within the story: Narrative Theology -- Reaffirming the Balance: Evangelical Theology Coming of Age -- Past Contributions and Future Prospects in the Quest for a Theology of Transcendence and Immanence.
The Theological Garden of the Twentieth century is a variegated spectacle of blooms - more so perhaps than any previous Christian century. As the century approaches its close, the time is right for surveying, describing, evaluating, and even projecting what seeds might germinate, grow and blossom in the soil of a new millennium. Stanley Grenz and Roger Olson have written a sympathetic guide and critical assessment of the significant theologians and theologies of the twentieth century. Beginning with the Enlightenment and the foundations of twentieth-century theology in Kant, Schleiermacher, Hegel and Ritschl, the giants in twentieth-century theology are then brought up for review: Barth, Bultmann, Brunner, Tillich, Niebuhr, Rahner, Kung, Moltmann and Pannenberg. In addition, the influential movements of radical, process, liberation, Black, feminist, narrative and evangelical theology come under scrutiny and critical evaluation.