Summary
At the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, on 7 June 1998, in a sermon delivered at the close of the Narratives of American Religion Conference, Langdon Gilkey said: "History, ... cannot be understood without the religious dimension that is ever-present in it, and so theological understanding is a part of the understanding of ourselves in time. In turn, theology is meaningless unless it interprets actuality, the actuality of historical experience, of nature's processes, and of personal life."
Author Biography
Langdon Brown Gilkey for more than forty-five years has helped shape the direction of contemporary theology. From 1963 until his retirement in 1989 he taught Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School Kyle A. Pasewark, Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School, is currently pursuing studies at Yale Law School Jeff B. Pool, Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School, is director of Baptist Studies and lecturer in Theology, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas
Table of Contents
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| Preface |
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| Part 1. Situating Gilkey's Thought |
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Making Sense of Ultimacy: Truths of Experience in Langdon Gilkey's Theological Development |
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Debts and Contributions: The Milieu of Langdon Gilkey's Theology |
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Beyond Postliberal Foundationalism: The Theological Method of Langdon Gilkey |
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| Part 2. Gilkey's Interpretations of Culture |
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Becoming Langdon Gilkey: The Theological Significance of Shantung Compound |
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History, Society, and Politics: Langdon Gilkey's Theology of Culture |
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Sovereigns Past and Present: The Sciences and the Religious in the Theology of Langdon Gilkey |
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Relative Absoluteness: Langdon Gilkey's Approach to Religious Pluralism |
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Theology, Symbolism, and Language in the Thought of Langdon Gilkey |
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| Part 3. Gilkey's Interpretations of Christian Symbols |
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Navigating in the Whirlwind: Langdon Gilkey's Doctrine of God |
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Power, Freedom, and History: The Symbol of Divine Providence in Langdon Gilkey's Theology |
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Contingency, Tragedy, Sin, and Ultimacy: Trajectories in Langdon Gilkey's Interpretations of History and Nature |
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``A Sharp Turn'': Christology in a ``Time of Troubles'' |
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Langdon Gilkey's Theology of the Servant Church |
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| Part 4. Gilkey's Practice of Theology |
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From Liberalism to Postmodernism: The Role of Integrity in the Thought of Langdon Gilkey |
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Pedagogy and Theological Method: The Praxis of Langdon Gilkey |
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| Part 5. Reflections by Langdon Gilkey |
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A Retrospective Glance at My Work |
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| Bibliography |
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| Notes on Contributors |
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