Opting for the Margins - Postmodernity and Liberation in Christian Theology

Informationen zum Autor Joerg Rieger is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of God and the Excluded: Visions and Blindspots in Contemporary Theology (2001) and Remember the Poor: The Challenge to Theology in the Twenty-First Century (1998). Klappentext Ideas like the "preferential option for the poor" arguing that people marginalized by the economy have a claim to "special consideration"--have been among the most significant insights in twentieth-century Christian theology. The essays in this volume show how some forms of postmodern thought and theology can mask patterns of oppression and provide an excuse for deafness to voices from the margins. The authors, writing from a wide variety of national, ethnic, and theological perspectives, seek to revive the preferential option for the poor for the postmodern world, showing how options for the margins can engage postmodernity in new ways and break new ground in religious, theological, and ethical, as well as social, political, and economic thinking. Zusammenfassung The authors of this volume seek to revive the preferential option for the poor for the postmodern world, showing how options for the margins can engage postmodernity in new ways and break new ground in religious, theological and ethical, as well as social, political and economic thinking.

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• Autori: Rieger Jeorg, Jeorg Rieger, Joerg Rieger, Joerg (Associate Professor of Systematic T Rieger
• Con la collaborazione di: Jeorg Rieger (Editore), Joerg Rieger (Editore), Joerg (Associate Professor of Systematic Theology Rieger (Editore), Rieger Joerg (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 25.09.2003
• EAN: 9780195161199
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516119-9
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion; AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion; AAR Reflection and Theory in t
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