It is this fundamental flaw in modern theology's understanding of grace that has caused so much trouble in many
other areas of theology as well.
In this series on doctrinal statements, I will argue that something similar happens in many
other areas of theology as well.
Eleven years later in Theology and Reality (1955), I sought to apply its concepts to certain
other areas of theology; and in the following year, publishing lectures originally given to parish clergy conferences on Rethinking the Christian Message (1956), I urged the use of these ideas in the necessary and thorough re-working of the popular presentation of basic Christian themes.
Instead, this book really just presents Jesus as the solution to it all, and shows how a proper understanding of the crucifixion of Jesus helps sort out a lot of
other areas of theology as well.
I do not hold to a judicial form of the atonement... though this change is a fairly recent development in my theology, and maybe it has not filtered down enough into
other areas of my theology, such as my thinking on forgiveness....
Not exact matches
Allen identifies and comments on seven
areas of concern that African Christians face in their churches, including the Africanization
of theology, relationships with
other religions, church and state, pastoral leadership, relationship with Euro - American partner churches, theological education, and struggles with social concerns.
If we believe that terrorism and torture are, in fact, fundamentally contrary to the truth and justice
of God and ought to be stopped everywhere, we must recognize that the theological foundations on which many contemporary contextualist and confessionalist
theologies rest are inadequate to this task, whatever their contributions in
other areas.
Once an
area of theology changes... every
other area is affected.
I am fairly conservative in most
areas of my
theology, but might be labeled «liberal» in
others... it's a strange mix.
To be thorough, systematic
theologies will use all sorts
of footnotes and references to
other areas yet to come.
Without taking a strong stand on the controversial question
of whether inter-species relationships ought to be governed by justice — in
other words, the question
of whether we owe anything to animals as such — the author establishes all sorts
of interesting parallels between evolutionary biology and traditional
theology in this
area, as well as challenges from one to the
other.