Jan-Olav Henriksen, Pal Repstad

God After the Church Lost Control

Sociological Analysis and Critical-Constructive Theology

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Produktbeschreibung

This book combines insights from sociology of religion and theology to consider the fundamental changes that have taken place in how people think about God in contemporary Western society.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9781032258706
• ISBN-10: 1032258705
• Artikelnr.: 63658350

Autorenporträt

Jan-Olav Henriksen is Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at the Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (MF) in Oslo, Norway. Pål Repstad is Professor Emeritus in the Sociology of Religion at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Why this Book?
1 On God and change
2 Religious trends in Northern Europe - an overview
3 Does society shape God?
4 The changing Christian God
5 The crisis of theology - and why it matters for speaking about God
6 The morally intolerable God - and the alternative
7 The politically dangerous God - a God of love
8 God as she? Why can't she be?
9 Pluralism challenges notions of God and religious truth
10 When God becomes irrelevant to society's challenges
11 God as vulnerable love?
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