Theology As Improvisation

Author : Nathan Crawford
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004245987
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theology as Improvisation written by Nathan Crawford and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Theology as Improvisation, Nathan Crawford reimagines the possibilities for how theology thinks God within a postmodern world. He argues that theology is improvisation by analyzing the nature of attunement within theological thinking and how this opens certain possibilities for theology. He does so by engaging a number of thinkers, including Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, David Tracy, and Saint Augustine. He navigates the nature of thinking God in a postmodern world by using these thinkers to offer critiques of onto-theological thinking and totalizing systems while also following their embrace of the fragment and focus upon the nature of thinking as attunement. The result is a unique way of approaching theological thinking in our contemporary context.

Author : Peter Heltzel
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802867596
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resurrection City written by Peter Heltzel and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-23 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Resurrection City Peter Heltzel paints a prophetic picture of an evangelical Christianity that eschews a majority mentality and instead fights against racism, inequality, and injustice, embracing the concerns of the poor and marginalized, just as Jesus did. Placing society's needs front and center, Heltzel calls for radical change and collective activism modeled on God's love and justice. In particular, Heltzel explores the social forms that love and justice can take as religious communities join together to build "beloved cities." He proclaims the importance of "improvising for justice" -- likening the church's prophetic ministry to jazz music -- and develops a biblical theology of shalom justice. His vision draws inspiration from the black freedom struggle and the lives of Sojourner Truth, Howard Thurman, and Martin Luther King Jr. Pulsing with hope and beauty, Resurrection City compels evangelical Christians to begin "a global movement for love and justice" that truly embodies the kingdom of God.

Author : Nathan Crawford
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004245960
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theology as Improvisation written by Nathan Crawford and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Theology as Improvisation, Nathan Crawford reimagines the possibilities for how theology thinks God within a postmodern world. By engaging a number of thinkers in conversation, he navigates the nature of thinking God in a postmodern world.

Author : Samuel Wells
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493415956
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improvisation written by Samuel Wells and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory textbook establishes theatrical improvisation as a model for Christian ethics, helping Christians embody their faith in the practices of discipleship. Clearly, accessibly, and creatively written, it has been well received as a text for courses in Christian ethics. The repackaged edition has updated language and recent relevant resources, and it includes a new afterword by Wesley Vander Lugt and Benjamin D. Wayman that explores the reception and ongoing significance of the text.

Author : Jeremy Begbie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521785686
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theology, Music and Time written by Jeremy Begbie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-07-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theology, Music and Time aims to show how music can enrich and advance theology, extending our wisdom about God and God's ways with the world. Instead of asking: what can theology do for music?, it asks: what can music do for theology? Jeremy Begbie argues that music's engagement with time gives the theologian invaluable resources for understanding how it is that God enables us to live 'peaceably' with time as a dimension of the created world. Without assuming any specialist knowledge of music, he explores a wide range of musical phenomena - rhythm, metre, resolution, repetition, improvisation - and through them opens up some of the central themes of the Christian faith - creation, salvation, eschatology, time and eternity, Eucharist, election and ecclesiology. He shows that music can not only refresh theology with new models, but also release it from damaging habits of thought which have hampered its work in the past.

Author : MaryAnn McKibben Dana
Publisher : Eerdmans
ISBN 13 : 9780802874641
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God, Improv, and the Art of Living written by MaryAnn McKibben Dana and published by Eerdmans. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We're all improvisers," says MaryAnn McKibben Dana, whether we realize it or not. In this book McKibben Dana blends personal stories, pop culture, and Scripture into a smart, funny, down-to-earth guide to the art of living. Offering concrete spiritual wisdom through seven improv principles, she helps readers become more awake, creative, resilient, and ready to play--even (especially) when life doesn't go according to plan.

Author : Loveday Alexander
Publisher : Canterbury Press
ISBN 13 : 0715147404
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faithful Improvisation written by Loveday Alexander and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faithful Improvisation is both a contribution to a current vigorous debate about how the Church trains its leaders and a practical and theological resource for discerning what the Spirit is saying and then acting upon it in local church contexts.

Author : Cally Hammond
Publisher : Church House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0715147382
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faithful Improvisation? written by Cally Hammond and published by Church House Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faithful and effective church leadership requires preparation in prayer, theological reflection and a wide range of pastoral, prophetic and practical skills in order to ensure that what the Church discerns as necessary the Church does. Faithful Improvisation? is both a contribution to a current and sometimes vigorous debate on how the Church trains its leaders and also a practical and theological resource for discerning what the Spirit is saying and then acting upon it in local church contexts. Part One includes the full text of the Senior Church Leadership report from the Faith and Order Commission. Part Two offers reflections by Cally Hammond, Thomas Seville, Charlotte Methuen, Jeremy Morris and David Hilborn, on practices, models and theologies of leadership in different periods of church history which informed the FAOC report. Part Three opens up a broader discussion about present and future leadership within the Church of England. Mike Higton sketches out a dialogue between Senior Church Leadership and Lord Green’s report, Talent Management for Future Leaders; Tim Harle offers a personal reflection from the perspective of the community of leadership practitioners; and Rachel Treweek concludes with an exploration of the essentially relational character of leadership.

Author : W. David Buschart
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830824677
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theology as Retrieval written by W. David Buschart and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buschart and Eilers identify six critical areas—Scripture, theology, worship, spirituality, mission and culture—where contemporary Christians are retrieving aspects of our Christian past for life and thought today. The result is a fascinating tour and wise reflection on how Christians might receive, employ and transmit the treasures of their past.

Author : Kelly James Clark
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030757978
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abrahamic Reflections on Randomness and Providence written by Kelly James Clark and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book addresses the question of how God can providentially govern apparently ungovernable randomness. Medieval theologians confidently held that God is provident, that is, God is the ultimate cause of or is responsible for everything that happens. However, scientific advances since the 19th century pose serious challenges to traditional views of providence. From Darwinian evolution to quantum mechanics, randomness has become an essential part of the scientific worldview. An interdisciplinary team of Muslim, Christian and Jewish scholars—biologists, physicists, philosophers and theologians—addresses questions of randomness and providence.