Theology Today: Reflections on the Bible and Contemporary LifeWestminster John Knox Press, 2006 M01 1 - 137 páginas In this collection of his essays from the popular and respected journal Theology Today, longtime editor Patrick D. Miller offers insights into the basic human condition. His reflections range from popular culture (the popularity of Seinfeld) to political matters (the proper public role for the Ten Commandments) to the sublime (the connection between poetry and faith). The wit and wisdom of this internationally respected biblical scholar come through clearly in this collection. |
Contenido
The WRight Space | 1 |
Whatever Happened to the Soul? | 5 |
Poetry and Theology | 9 |
Whither the Church? | 13 |
Hallelujah The Lord God Omnipotent Reigns | 17 |
Teaching the Faith | 21 |
Remembering Our Theological Past | 26 |
Popularizing the Bible | 31 |
The State of the World | 67 |
The Churchs First Theologian | 72 |
Who Hast Made of One Genome | 77 |
What Sense Do We Make of the Ending? | 83 |
Terror All Around | 87 |
Work and Faith | 92 |
Januarys Child | 98 |
Is There a Place for the Ten Commandments? | 103 |
Revisiting the God Who Acts | 35 |
Life Death and the HaleBopp Comet | 41 |
A Strange Kind of Monotheism | 44 |
A Is for Augustine Aquinas | 48 |
Goodbye Seinfeld | 52 |
Theology and Science in Conversation | 57 |
The Millennium Bug | 62 |
The Accidental Profession | 109 |
In Praise and Thanksgiving | 114 |
Rethinking the First Article of the Creed | 124 |
Original Publications | 132 |
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