عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
IR
54T
انگلیسی
IR
Globalization and the future of a theology of redemption: Beyond fundamentalism and postmodernism
[Thesis]
;supervisor Klemm, David E.
The University of Iowa: United States -- Iowa
: 2007
253 pages
Ph.D.
, The University of Iowa: United States -- Iowa
What is the role of a theology of redemption within the context of globalization? I argue that redemption is a freedom from bondage to lack in order for human beings to realize their potential. The task of a theology of redemption is to reflect on religious standpoints from which one engages human bondage and lack within the world. Globalization shapes the world today, and presents a multitude of challenges to religious thinking and action. These challenges lead to bifurcation in thinking between religious consciousness and critical consciousness. A reconstructed theology of redemption within Christian thinking aims at providing Christians with a path for engagement with a globalized world for the sake of the world.The dominant voices within Christian theology today can be seen in fundamentalism , which posits an exclusivistic redemption from the world, and post-Derridean postmodernism , which offers redemption from the need for redemption. Fundamentalism holds that humans need a standard of judgment by which to make choices within a community of practice. It provides what it takes to be the One True standard through its reading of the Bible. Postmodernism claims that humans need critical thinking in order to engage a world characterized by difference. Its radical version of criticism deconstructs all standards. Each of these positions attempts to overcome its basic lack by its particular form of redemption. Each lacks what the other offers, and the lack in each case creates bondage that is in need of redemption. Neither one can be integral or complete. Dialectical engagement between these two positions opens a third way of constructing a theology of redemption. Using the emerging ideas of theological humanism, I begin to construct a theology of redemption within the context of globalization that can speak from particular theological communities into the world in a non-exclusivistic way by embracing the local narratives of the traditions in conjunction with critical consciousness.
Theology
Globalization
Fundamentalism
Postmodernism
Redemption theology
Deconstruction
Ehret, Verna Marina
ایران
National Center for Globalization Studies
old catalog
TL
1
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