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Future of Christology, The


Future of Christology, The

Paperback by Haight, Rev Prof Roger D.

Future of Christology, The

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ISBN:
9780826429278
Publication Date:
3 Oct 2007
Language:
English;English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Pages:
224 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 24 - 29 May 2024
Future of Christology, The

Description

In a strongly worded notification, in February of 2005, the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith denounced Jesuit Roger Haights award-winning, best-selling book Jesus Symbol of God as containing grave doctrinal errors. Like a number of theologians before him-Hans Kung, Charles Curran, Anthony de Mello, Tissa Balasuriya, and Jacques Dupuis-Haight has been banned from teaching as a Catholic theologian. In its overall criticism of the book, the Congregation, still under the direction of the then Cardinal Ratzinger, charged that Haight subordinates the contents of the faith to their plausibility and intelligibility in post-modern culture. For his part, Haight says: I look at American Catholicism with a population more and more educated in the faith. Many college and university students are used to religious pluralism, and are asking how they can square it with the Catholic faith. I try to put critical words to their experience and keep their experience in touch with the tradition. My fear is that educated Catholics will walk out if there isnt space for an open attitude to other religions. The Future of Christology covers much the same ground as Jesus Symbol of God, though in a much more accessible and compact format. The earlier book was written as a textbook; this one, with a wider audience in mind. In the final chapter, Haight responds to the numerous reviews Jesus Symbol of God received, both pro and con.

Contents

1. Jesus Research and Faith in Jesus Christ; 2. The Logic of Christology from Below; 3. Human Freedom and a Christian Understanding of Salvation as Liberation; 4. Notes for a Constructive Theology of the Cross; 5. Catholic Pluralism on Religious Pluralism: Rahner and Schillebeeckx; 6. Jesus and Church Mission; 7. Outline for an Orthodox Pluralist Christology; 8. Two Types of Christology; 9. The Future of Christology; Epilogue: Jesus Symbol of God: Criticism and Response.

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