Effective Faith
Author | : Bryan P. Stone |
Publisher | : University Press of America |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 1994 |
ISBN-10 | : 081919106X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780819191069 |
Rating | : 4/5 (069 Downloads) |
Download or read book Effective Faith written by Bryan P. Stone and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1994 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the recent work of Latin American liberation theologian Juan Luis Segundo. The author evaluates Segundo's resources in order to develop a more adequate contemporary Christological method. Stone offers to Christian systematic theology new critical interpretations of the significance of Jesus for human liberation today. Contents: INTRODUCTION: The Problem of Method in Contemporary Christology; The Nature and Task of Christology; The Situation in Liberation Theology; PART I. Segundo's Christology; The Dimension of Praxis: Faith and Ideologies; Jesus and History; The Evolutionary 'Key' to Christology; PART II. A Critical Appraisal of Segundo's Christology; Faith, Metaphysics and Praxis; Faith and History; Evolution and 'Effective Faith'; PART III. Toward an Alternative Liberation Christology; Jesus and Evolution.