Description: "This volume is an essential introduction to contemporary constructive theology. It gives a historical overview of the field and discusses key hermeneutical and methodological concerns. The contributors apply a constructive perspective to a wide range of approaches, such as biblical hermeneutics, comparative theology, black theology, and political theology - charting the most important disciplinary trends of the moment. What is Constructive Theology? shows how diverse and interdisciplinary constructive theology can be by exploring key themes in contemporary theology. The contributors explore the porous boundaries between Christianity and other religions, reflect on contextual, liberation and constructive theologies from Africa and from Black British perspectives, explore the connection between embodiment, epistemology and hermeneutics; and take a constructive approach to the dangerous memories and theologies of colonial histories in Belgium and Native Americans in the United States. This sampler of the field will help you rethink theologies and find constructive alternatives"--
Brief description: Marion Grau is Professor of Systematic Theology, Ecumenism and Missiology at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway.
Review Quotes: "This volume offers an accurate picture of the current state of constructive theology, including its strengths and weaknesses. The contributions are all thought-provoking and ably refer to relevant literatures ... We can be grateful to the editors and authors for helping us to answer the question posed in the title, while pressing toward renewed modes of theological construction that respond to our moment." --Reading Religion