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    The Future of Christian Theology

    By David F. Ford

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    The Future of Christian Theology represents a personal manifesto from one of the world's leading theologians, exploring the ways Christian theology in the twenty-first century has been, and can now continue to be, both creative and wise.  

    • Represents an outstanding and engaging account of the task of theology today
    • Offers an insightful description of what makes for discerning and creative theology.
    • Written from the perspective of decades of experience, and in close dialogue with theologians of other faiths
    • Features a strong interfaith and public theology dimension, and a contemporary portrait of the field from the inside
    • A hopeful and illuminating search for wisdom and understanding in the increasingly complex religious and secular world of the twenty-first century.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateFeb 2, 2011
    ISBN9781444393460
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    The Future of Christian Theology
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    David F. Ford

    David F. Ford (PhD, University of Cambridge) is Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, England, and a Fellow of Selwyn College. His publications include Meaning and Truth in 2 Corinthians (with Frances Young), Self and Salvation: Being Transformed, Christian Wisdom: Desiring God and Learning in Love, and The Shape of Living. Ford is one of the founders of Scriptural Reasoning and has been extensively involved in generating new modes of engagement for interfaith relations.

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