The Word as True Myth: Interpreting Modern Theology

by Gary Dorrien

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 1997

Overview

The twentieth century saw a wide variety of theological stands that were often confusing. Gary Dorrien sorts through theological trends by focusing on the notions of Christ and word. He presents the story of recent theology in a narrative style that makes the book ideal for classroom use, integrating the major theologians of the century along with other developments in philosophy and culture.

Key Features

• Assesses the history of Protestant theology since Friedrich Schleiennacher
• Presents the story of recent theology in a narrative style
• Integrates the major theologians of the century along with other developments in philosophy and culture

Contents

• Theology Beyond Myth: Liberal Christianity
• The Word as Myth: Neoorthodoxy
• Beyond Neoorthodoxy: The Sacred Dimension
• Renaming the Whirlwind: God Beyond Being
• Return of the Repressed: Postmodernism and the Sacred
• Dialectics of Word and Spirit: Christ as True Myth

Product Details

• Title: The Word as True Myth: Interpreting Modern Theology
• Author: Gary Dorrien
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 1997
• Pages: 216
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780664257453, 0664257453
• Resource ID: LLS:WRDSTRNTRMDRNTH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-19T21:47:58Z

About Gary Dorrien

Gary Dorrien is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, and Professor of Religion, Columbia University. He is the author of more than twenty books and three hundred articles that range across the fields of social ethics, philosophy, theology, political economics, social and political theory, religious history, cultural criticism, and intellectual history. He is a two-time recipient of the American Library Association’s Choice Award, a 2012 recipient of the Association of American Publishers’ PROSE Award, and a 2017 recipient of the Grawemeyer award for his book The New Abolition: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel.