Varieties of Postmodern TheologyThis book sorts out the confusion created by the use of the term "postmodern" in relation to widely divergent theological positions. Four different types of postmodern theology are distinguished in the preface: constructive, deconstructive, liberationist, and conservative. Two forms of each type are discussed in the book. Writing from a constructive, postmodern perspective, the authors enter into dialogue with the deconstructive postmodernism of Mark C. Taylor and Jean-François Lyotard, with the liberationist postmodernism of Harvey Cox and Cornel West, and with the conservative postmodernism of George William Rutler and John Paul II. |
Contents
Introduction Varieties of Postmodern Theology David Ray Griffin | 1 |
The Postmodern Paradigm and Contemporary Catholicism Joe Holland | 9 |
Postmodern Theology and ATheology A Response to Mark C Taylor David Ray Griffin | 29 |
Christ in the Postmodern Age Reflections Inspired by Jean Francois Lyotard William A Beardslee | 63 |
Postmodern Theology as Liberation Theology A Response to Harvey Cox David Ray Griffin | 81 |
The Cultural Vision of Pope John Paul II Toward a ConservativeLiberal Postmodern Dialogue Joe Holland | 95 |
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Varieties of Postmodern Theology David Ray Griffin,William A. Beardslee,Joe Holland Limited preview - 1989 |
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