In this comprehensive study, a renowned theologian examines the anthropological disciplines-human biology, psychology, cultural anthropology, sociology and history-for their religious implications. The result is a theological anthropology that does not derive from dogma or prejudice, but critically evaluates the findings of the disciplines.Pannenberg begins with a consideration of human beings as part of nature; moves on to focus on the human person; and then considers the social world: its culture, history and institutions. All the elements of this multi-faceted study unite in the final...

Widely regarded as the foremost theologian in the world today, Wolfhart Pannenberg here unfolds his long-awaited systematic theology, for which his many previous (primarily methodological) writings have laid the groundwork.
Marked by a creative blend of philosophical, historical, anthropological, and exegetical analysis, Volume 1 focuses on the Christian doctrine of God, offering original material on the concept of truth, the nature of revelation, language about God, the nature of the Trinity, and the public aspect of theology.

Widely regarded as the foremost theologian in the world today, Wolfhart Pannenberg here unfolds his long-awaited systematic theology, for which his many previous (primarily methodological) writings have laid the groundwork.
Volume 2 of Pannenberg's magnum opus moves beyond the highly touted discussion of systematic prolegomena and theology proper in Volume 1 to commanding, comprehensive statements concerning creation, the nature of man, Christology, and salvation. Throughout, Pannenberg brings to bear the vast command of historical and exegetical knowledge and philosophical argumentation...

English summary: This complete edition of Wolfhart Pannenberg's Systematic Theology provides an overall view that focuses on the still not answered question about the truth of the Christian doctrine. In three volumes, Pannenberg examines all classical topics of Christian Systematic Theology: The doctrine of God, Creation, Anthropology, Christology, Soteriology, Ecclesiology and Eschatology. He discusses all these themes in the context of the triune God and the implications of this doctrine while also considering the Christian existence of the individual. One of the most meaningful and...

Recently, voices were raised in the worldwide Christian ecumenical movement that it was high time the Protestant-Catholic fundamental topic -Holy Scripture and Tradition- was approached and ecumenically reviewed. In Germany, this has already been achieved by the -Okumenischer Arbeitskreis evangelischer und katholischer Theologen- (Ecumenical Study Group of Protestant and Catholic Theologians; founded in 1946). The results of this study group were published in the 1990s under the title -Verbindliches Zeugnis- by Theodor Schneider and Wolfhart Pannenberg. This edition provides the essence of...