An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective | Orbis Books
An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective - Orbis Books

ISBN:9781570758522

Pages: 400

Binding: Softcover

An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective

By: Stephen B. Bevans
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Overview

"Beginning undergraduates and ministerial students alike will profit from this truly 'catholic' work."--Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM, Boston College

"A remarkable achievement."--Richard R. Gaillardetz, University of Toledo

"A masterful and engaging argument for why systematic theology must be intentionally done in relation to context, and in today's world, in relation to diverse global contexts."--Crag Van Gelder, Luther Seminary

This highly praised text provides a contemporary and global perspective on doing Catholic theology, emphasizing theology as an activity, a process, anchored in Scripture and as interpreted by ecclesial Tradition and Magisterium: a theology rooted in the experience that the divine is to be found in a sacramental world and community. Bevans describes systematic theology as reflection upon the central teachings of the church -- creation, sin, redemption, Trinity, anthropology, salvation and eternal life, ecclesiology--in a contextual light, as it makes sense in a world of cultural and religious plurality.

This book bears the hallmark of Bevanss work and experience teaching and doing pastoral work on five continents, bringing together insights garnered over a lifetime.

Stephen B. Bevans, SVD is Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. He is author of Models of Contextual Theology; An Introduction to Theology in Global Perspective;  and most recently Community of Missionary Disciples: The Continuing Creation of the Church (all Orbis Books). He is co-author with Roger P. Schroeder of Prophetic Dialogue: Reflections on Christian Mission Today and also serves as editor of Mission Studies and contributing editor of International Bulletin of Missionary Research. In 2021 Bevans was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Missiology.

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