My book on a theology of relationship has been published (by Wipf&Stock)! I am very happy about it and I hope that it will spark something and lay the foundation for further things. The topic of the book is my heart’s, probably even my life’s theme. Several years ago I had already published a booklet […]
Category: Systematic Theology
Seing the whole picture, connecting the dots – this is systematic theology. It can also be called dogmatics (without being dogmatic here…). It’s about God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and topics like sin, faith, heaven and hell, love and grace, salvation and the cross. Everything perceived with relationship as leitmotif.
Conclusion: A solid proposal of an intergative theological method that combines simple faith and academic rigor and is relationally permeated. Graham McFarlane has been teaching theology in the classroom for more than two decades and has supervised a bulk-load of research students. I am one of them (and gladly so). Since he is my doctoral […]
Conclusion: Fretheim’s theology in a nuce, easily understandable and brief, an illuminating and challenging take on the God-human relationship. Terence Fretheim is considered an Old Testament scholar who has significantly influenced Open Theist thinkers. This books shows why. It is a pleasant read and quite brief (144 pages), written in rather easy language and illustrated […]
Conclusion: An important and balanced contribution to the ongoing debate about the nature of the God-human relation. I stumbled across the author of this book, John C. Peckham, through the Premier Christian Radio Podcast and I must admit, I truly enjoyed reading this work. It proposes a third, alternative way to two prominent extremes: a […]
Conclusion: Brunner’s Truth as Encounter with its leitmotif of relationship should be rediscovered by theology and the church. Admittedly, this is a very old book. It does not look very attractive. It’s author is not as widely read anymore. However, I believe that this book is of utmost importance expecially for our times; even more […]
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Conclusion: A profound yet easy read with explosive potential! Before I read this book I did not know much about Bruxy Cavey except for his retro-wild hairstlyle and that he is Canadian and appeared quite trendy in progressive Christian circles. The title of the book then seems almost […]
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Relational Theology
Relational – a trendy word. Not just in theology, it seems to be everywhere. Rightly so. For far too long it has been neglected that everything is interconnected. Too long was theology dominated by abstract concepts of substance. Relational theology is important! But lately I have been thinking about that. Let me explain. Relational is […]
Today we were eating lunch and out of nothing one of my sons asked the following question: “Dad, how can I believe, if I cannot proof that God exists? I want to believe, but I cannot believe when I don’t have proof.” First of all I was a proud father: My son asks really good […]