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Essentialtheologybooksofthepast25years

TheBodyofGod

Oct04,2010selectedbyWillieJamesJennings

AnEcologicalTheology
BySallieMcFague

SallieMcFague,TheBodyofGod:AnEcologicalTheology.
Publishedin1993,thisbookshowcasesapivotalmomentin
Americantheology'sengagementwithecologicalissues.It
posesanumberofchallengestotraditionalwaysoftheologizing
therelationofGodtotheworldwhiletakingveryseriouslythe
ecologicalimplicationsofthewaythatrelationhasbeen
articulated.Itcontinuestobeatextthatsetsthetermsfor
theologicaldiscussionaboutnatureandtheenvironment.

AugsburgFortress
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JohnMilbank,TheologyandSocialTheory:BeyondSecular
Reason.Firstpublishedin1990,thisbookofphilosophical
theologyinauguratedthemovementlooselyknownasradical
orthodoxy.Ontheonehand,Milbank'stextcontinuesthe
philosophicalandcriticaltheorycritiquesofsociological
knowledgeandvisionsofsecularexistenceontheother,it
buildsontheculturallinguisticturnintheologyandphilosophy
andonthereassertionoftraditionbasedethicalandtheological
reflection.LiketheworkofAlasdairMacIntyreandStanley
Hauerwas,Milbank'stextdrawsanappealingportraitofsocial
intellectualholismrootedinCatholicthoughtandlife.

WileyBlackwell
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TheologyandSocial
Theory
BeyondSecularReason
ByJohnMilbank

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Sexualityandthe
ChristianBody
TheirWayintotheTriuneGod
ByEugeneF.RogersJr.
WileyBlackwell
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EugeneF.Rogers,SexualityandtheChristianBody:TheirWay
intotheTriuneGod.Publishedin1999,thisgroundbreaking
bookdrawscontemporaryinsightsaboutthedoctrineofthe
triuneidentityaswellasorthodoxsensibilitiesdirectlyinto
discussionsaboutsexualityingeneralandhomosexualityin
particular.Rogersofferedoneofthemostimportantcritical
readingsofBarth'sviewsongenderandoneofthemost
sophisticatedtreatmentsofanumberofcrucialtheological
issuesinrelationtothebody.

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Exclusionand
Embrace
ATheologicalExplorationof
Identity,Otherness,and
Reconciliation
ByMiroslavVolf
Abingdon
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MiroslavVolf,ExclusionandEmbrace:ATheological
ExplorationofIdentity,Otherness,andReconciliation.
Publishedin1996,thisbookshiftedthetermsofdebatein
liberationistthoughtfromtheidentitiesoftheoppressedandthe
oppressortothenatureofidentityandotherness.Volf'stextis
asignificantengagementwithissuesofuniversality,
particularityandheterogeneityinethics,philosophyandpolitical
theory,bringingtheologicalconversationsonthesematters
towardthedoorofpostcolonialstudies.

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Sistersinthe
Wilderness
TheChallengeofWomanist
GodTalk
ByDeloresS.Williams
Orbis
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DeloresS.Williams,SistersintheWilderness:TheChallenge
ofWomanistGodTalk.Publishedin1993,thisbookpresented
awatershedmomentinthedevelopmentnotonlyofwomanist
theologybutalsoinAmericantheologyandbiblicalstudies.
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Williamsbrilliantlycapturesandclarifiesanumberofcrucialthemesofrace,identityandexperiencewhile
advancingconversationsinliberationistbiblicalhermeneuticsandtheologywithherinnovativereadingofHagarand
herpowerfulcritiqueofatonementtheories.
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