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This book analyses Christian presentations of Christ for Muslims in the most creative periods of Christian-Muslim dialogue, the first half of the ninth century and the second half of the twentieth century. In these two periods, Christians made serious attempts to present their faith in Christ in terms that take into account Muslim perceptions of him, with a view toward bridging the gap between Muslim and Christian convictions

Titlepage -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Contributors -- 1 The Landscape Tradition: A Broader Vision for Ecotheology -- 2 Globalization and Ecology -- 3 "For Your Immortal Spirit Is in All Things": The Role of the Spirit in Creation -- 4 Enfleshing the Human: An Earth-Revealing, Earth-Healing Christology -- 5 God's Shattering Otherness: The Trinity and Earth's Healing -- 6 Embracing Unloveliness: Exploring Theology from the Dungheap -- 7 Up Close and Personal: In the End, Matter Matters

The epitome (Abrégé) of Locke's Essay / James Hill and J.R. Milton -- Locke on method in natural philosophy / Peter R. Anstey -- Willem Jacob 's Gravesande's philosophical defence of Newtonian physics : on the various uses of Locke / Paul Schuurman -- Locke's concept of justice / Kiyoshi Shimokawa -- Locke, liberalism and empire / Duncan Ivison -- Locke's empiricist theory of the law of nature / John Colman -- Locke's Christology as a key to understanding his philosophy / Victor Nuovo -- Lockean logic / Kenneth Winkler -- Reason's dim candle : Locke's critique of enthusiasm / Nicholas Jolley

Christianity begins with what appears to be an inclusive promise of redemption in Christ without regard to gender. Paul proclaimed that 'In Christ there is no more male and female.' Yet Christianity soon developed a patriarchal social structure, excluding women from public ministry, with the argument that women were created subordinate in nature and were more culpable for sin. Here, distinguished feminist theologian, Rosemary Ruether, traces the tension between patriarchal and egalitarian patterns in Christian theology historically. She then examines key theological themes--Christology, the se

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I: THINKING INTERCULTURAL THEOLOGY -- 1 The Quest for Intercultural Theology -- 2 Discernment: Beyond Liberal and Confessional Theologies -- 3 The Intercultural Turn: Shaping the Envelope -- 4 Reappraising Hermeneutics: Theology without Frontiers -- 5 The Secular and the Religious: Culture and Politics -- PART II: FOCUSING INTERCULTURAL THEOLOGY: GOD, CHRISTOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- 6 Humane Praxis and the Distinctively Christian -- 7 Human Rights, Theological Partnership -- PART III: INTEGRATING INTERCULTURAL THEOLOGY: EMBODYING INTERDISCIPLINARITY -- 8 Theology, Culture and the Humanities -- 9 Intercultural Theology and the Sciences -- 10 Theology in Metamodern Culture -- 11 The Mystery of God -- Bibliography -- Index

Scripture : Old Testament / Walter Brueggemann -- Scripture : New Testament / Christopher Rowland -- Augustine / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Aquinas / Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt -- The Reformation / Andrew Bradstock -- Liturgy / Bernd Wannenwetsch -- Eastern Orthodox thought / Michael Plekon -- Carl Schmitt / Michael Hollerich -- Karl Barth / Haddon Willmer -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Stanley Hauerwas -- John Courtney Murray / Michael J. Baxter -- William Temple / Alan M. Suggate -- Reinhold Niebuhr / William Werlpehowski -- Feminist theology, Southern / Kwok Pui-lan -- Feminist theology, Northern / Elaine Graham -- Jürgen Moltmann / Nicholas Adams -- Johann Baptist Metz / J. Matthew Ashley -- Political theologies in Asia / Aloysius Pieris -- Black political theologies / M. Shawn Copeland -- Gustavo Gutiérrez / Roberto S. Goizueta -- Stanley Hauerwas / R.R. Reno -- Trinity / Kathryn Tanner -- Creation / Peter Scott -- Christology / Raymund Schwager -- Atonement / Timothy J. Gorringe -- Spirit / Mark Lewis Taylor -- Church / William T. Cavanaugh -- Eschatology / Robert W. Jenson -- State and civil society / Daniel M. Bell, Jr. -- Democracy / John W. de Gruchy -- Critical theory / Marsha Aileen Hewitt -- Postmodernism / Catherine Pickstock -- Globalization / Peter Sedgwick -- The Islamic quest for sociopolitical justice / Bustami Mohamed Khir -- Abrahamic theo-politics : a Jewish view / Peter Ochs

Title Page -- Contents -- Copyright -- Foreword -- NOTE ON THE PHYSICAL UNION BETWEEN THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST AND THE FAITHFUL IN THE COURSE OF THEIR SANCTIFICATION -- ON THE NOTION OF CREATIVE TRANSFORMATION -- NOTE ON THE MODES OF DIVINE ACTION IN THE UNIVERSE -- FALL, REDEMPTION, AND GEOCENTRISM -- NOTE ON SOME POSSIBLE HISTORICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ORIGINAL SIN -- PANTHEISM AND CHRISTIANITY -- CHRISTOLOGY AND EVOLUTION -- HOW I BELIEVE -- SOME GENERAL VIEWS ON THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITY -- CHRIST THE EVOLVER, OR A LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA OF REDEMPTION -- INTRODUCTION TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE -- CHRISTIANITY AND EVOLUTION: SUGGESTIONS FOR A NEW THEOLOGY -- REFLECTIONS ON ORIGINAL SIN -- THE CHRISTIAN PHENOMENON -- MONOGENISM AND MONOPHYLETISM: AN ESSENTIAL DISTINCTION -- WHAT THE WORLD IS LOOKING FOR FROM THE CHURCH OF GOD AT THIS MOMENT -- THE CONTINGENCE OF THE UNIVERSE AND MAN'S ZEST FOR SURVIVAL -- A SEQUEL TO THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN ORIGINS: THE PLURALITY OF INHABITED WORLDS -- THE GOD OF EVOLUTION -- MY LITANY -- Index -- About the Author -- Footnotes.