Beyond Monotheism : A theology of multiplicity

ISBN-13: 9780415941907 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 272 str.

Laurel Schneider; Laur Schneider; Laure Schneider

Opis

Do the theological projects of liberationist, queer, and feminist thinkers require moving beyond monotheism? Does theological monotheism reflect the actual experiences of the divine? Laurel Schneider addresses key tensions in contemporary ideas of God and asks whether monotheism is appropriate to the condition of our world today.

Central to this work is the notion that individual and communal experiences of divine presence, of revelation, are real and authoritative, while also being manifold and irreducible. Beyond Monotheism is a cutting-edge work that presents theology for a democratic and pluralist twenty-first century.

Spis treści

1 Introduction: incarnation ... again PART I The logic of the One 2 Then came the word: the invention of monotheism 3 ‘‘No god but me’’: the roots of monotheism in Israel 4 End of the many: the roots of monotheism in Greek philosophy 5 ‘‘I am because we are’’: the roots of multiplicity in Africa 6 Monotheism, western science, and the theory of everything 7 When hell freezes over PART II Toward divine multiplicity 8 Starting the story again 9 Thinking being? Or why we need ontology ... again 10 Thinking multiplicity 11 Divine multiplicity ... 12 ... In a world of difference PART III Ethics and postures of multiplicity 13 A turn to ethics: beyond nationalism 14 A turn to ethics: unity beyond monotheism

O autorze

Laurel C. Schneider is Associate Professor of Theology, Ethics, and Culture at Chicago Theological Seminary and author of Re-Imagining the Divine: Confronting the Backlash Against Feminist Theology (1999).