Theology and the End of Doctrine - Christine Helmer - Books - Westminster John Knox Press - 9780664239299 - September 1, 2014
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Theology and the End of Doctrine

Christine Helmer

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Theology and the End of Doctrine

This book is about the crisis brought about by doctrine's estrangement from reality--that is from actual lives, experiences, histories, and from God. By invoking "the end of doctrine," Christine Helmer opens a new discussion of doctrinal production that is engaged with the challenges and possibilities of modernity. The end of doctrine refers on the one hand to unquestioning doctrinal reception, which Helmer critiques, and on the other, represents an invitation to a new way of understanding the aim of doctrine in deeper connection to the reality that it seeks.

The book's first section offers an analysis of the current situation in theology by reconstructing a trajectory of Protestant theology from the turn of the twentieth century to today. This history focuses primarily on the status of the word in theology and explains how changes in theology in the context of the political and social crisis in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s led to a distancing of the word from reality. Helmer then turns to the constructive section of the book to propose a repositioning of theology to the world and to God. Helmer's powerful work will inspire revitalized interest in both doctrine and theological inquiry itself.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 1, 2014
ISBN13 9780664239299
Publishers Westminster John Knox Press
Pages 248
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 12 mm   ·   294 g
Language English  

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