Experiences in Theology : Ways and Forms of

In this volume, the final in his series of systematic "contributions" to theology, Moltmann looks ahead from the landmarks of his own theological journey. He searches out the intersections of his own life with contemporary events that have kindled and impelled his theological thinking. The perspective of hope is explained freshly, while other basic theological themes and concepts are developed and interrelated.

Abbreviations

xii

Translator's Note

xiii

Preface

xiv

I. What is Theology?

Where do we think theologically?

3

(7)

Locations of personal theological

Existence Existential theology

3

(1)

Theology in the congregation

4

(1)

Theology for the church

5

(1)

Theology in the university

6

(4)

Who is a theologian?

10

(13)

The shared theology of all believers

11

(4)

The theology of atheists

15

(3)

Theology in interfaith dialogue

18

(5)

How does someone become a true theologian?

23

(5)

Suffering from God and delight in God

Theology of history

28

(15)

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: religions of history

28

(3)

The experience of time - remembrance - narrative: `scriptural religion'

31

(2)

The discernment of God in history

33

(5)

`Knowing' God - `forgetting' God

38

(3)

A modern `end of history'?

41

(2)

Christian theology

43

(21)

The reasonableness of faith: I believe so that I may understand (Credo ut intelligam)

45

(6)

The reasonableness of hope: hope become wise (docta spes)

51

(6)

The reasonableness of love (intellectus amoris)

57

(4)

Is Christian theology `revealed' theology?

61

(3)

Natural theology

64

(23)

Natural theology as the presupposition for Christian theology

65

(5)

Natural theology as the goal of Christian theology

70

(3)

Christian theology itself is the true natural theology

73

(6)

Natural theology as a task for Christian theology

79

(8)

II. Hermeneutics of Hope

The logic of promise

87

(27)

Origins of the book Theology of Hope

87

(6)

Promise not prophecy

93

(3)

The covenant oath

96

(2)

Promise makes God's future present

98

(4)

Promise opens up history in the possibilities of God

102

(4)

A critique of the Reformation concept of promissio

106

(3)

The real promise of creation

109

(5)

Historical hermeneutics

114

(20)

The genesis of the new political theology and of political hermeneutics

114

(4)

Historical hermeneutics of the future

118

(7)

The hermeneutics of the Bible's promissory history

125

(9)

Trinitarian hermeneutics of `holy scripture'

134

(17)

What makes writings `holy scriptures'?

134

(5)

Is the Bible the Word of God or a human testimony of faith?

139

(6)

The Spirit of life as the real interpreter

145

(3)

The biblical texts as furthering life

148

(3)

Theological epistemology

151

(32)

The axiom of likeness

151

(4)

The principle of analogy

155

(6)

The play of metaphors

161

(5)

Negative or apophatic theology

166

(3)

Dialectical knowing: unlike knows unlike

169

(4)

Counter-images, counter-histories and counter-worlds of subversive talk about God

173

(4)

Sacramental language: the faith-creating word

177

(6)

III. Mirror Images of Liberating Theology

The two sides of oppression

183

(6)

Black theology for whites

189

(28)

My personal access to black theology

189

(2)

African slavery (1518-1888) and the building of the modern world of the West

191

(6)

Marcus Mosiah Garvey (1887-1940) and the `Back to Africa' movement

197

(4)

Malcolm X (1925-1965) and black separation

201

(5)

Martin Luther King (1929-1968) and American integration

206

(5)

James Cone and black theology

211

(6)

Latin American liberation theology for the First World

217

(32)

Personal experiences

217

(4)

The exploitation of a continent and the building up of the Western world

221

(9)

The preferential option for the poor - the option for Christ

230

(7)

Historical liberation and eschatological redemption

237

(7)

The Roman fight against liberation theology

244

(5)

Minjung theology for the ruling classes

249

(19)

Personal encounters in Korea

249

(3)

Jesus and the people (ochlos) in the Gospel of Mark

252

(3)

Messiah and minjung

255

(3)

Who is `the suffering servant of God'?

258

(4)

`We are the people' in democracy and church

262

(6)

Feminist theology for men

268

(25)

The beginnings of my personal sensitivity to feminist theology

268

(6)

Patriarchy and its consequences: facts and interpretations

274

(4)

The Bible and patriarchy

278

(5)

Patriarchy and the church

283

(6)

The liberation of the man from the patriarchal God complex

289

(4)

Unanswered questions

293

(10)

If praxis is the criterion of theory, what is the criterion of praxis?

294

(1)

If the crucified people are to redeem the world, who then redeems the people?

295

(2)

If the goal of liberation is to make the people the determining subject of their own history, what is the goal of that history?

297

(1)

Does liberation theology lead to the liberation of the poor and women from Christian theology?

298

(5)

IV. The `Broad Place' of the Trinity

Personal approaches

303

(6)

I believe in the triune God

309

(4)

The one name of the triune God

309

(1)

The trinitarian history of God

310

(3)

From the historical hope in God's promise to the spatial experience of God's indwelling

313

(8)

The unity of the Trinity: the concept of perichoresis

321

(3)

Trinitarian experience of God

324

(4)

The trinitarian experience of fellowship

328

(4)

`The Trinity is our social programme'

332

(12)

Epilogue

`The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom': Science and Wisdom

334

(10)

Notes

344

(40)

Index of Names

384

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