Re-thinking Christianity - Hardcover

Ward, Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1851685065 ISBN 13: 9781851685066

Publisher: Oneworld Publications, 2007

Synopsis

The Christian faith is often charged with being outmoded and anachronistic. A monolithic institution rooted in the past, many critics have claimed that it lacks the resources to adapt to modern society's needs and advances. In /Rethinking Christianity/, Keith Ward argues persuasively that this view is not only uncharitable, but refuted by historical evidence. Mapping the evolution of six major beliefs, from the Hellenistic restatement to the challenged of evolutionary theory, Ward demonstrates that Christianity has always been expressed in constantly changing ways in response to new knowledge and understandings of the world. Controversial, liberal, and confronting the principal questions facing Christianity today, Ward uses this basis to support the construction of his own ground-breaking theology: a 'systematic theology' for the post-scientific age.

About this title

About the Author:

Keith Ward is Professor of Divinity, Gresham College, London and Regius Professor of Divinity, Emeritus, of the University of Oxford. He is author of the best-selling 'God: A Guide for the Perplexed', also published by Oneworld.

Review:

"the outstanding quality of this book is not its style but its intellectual honesty." -- Universalist, February, 2008

About this edition

• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1851685065
• ISBN 13: 9781851685066
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240