Many Voices, One God

Pluralism presents both promises and challenges for Christian theology in the future. Here biblical scholars, religious ethicists, and theologians reflect on the meaning and abiding relevance of the Christian revelation for communities of faith and the life of the church.

Contributors

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Abbreviations

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Introduction

1

(14)

George W. Stroup

Part One. BIBLICAL RESOURCES

15

(50)

1. "Exodus" in the Plural (Amos 9:7)

15

(20)

Walter Brueggemann

2. Being Christian in a World of Fear: The Challenge of Doing Theology within a Violent Society

35

(11)

Will Coleman

3. Paul and Multiculturalism

46

(19)

Charles B. Cousar

Part Two. CHRISTIAN FAITH AND CULTURE

65

(30)

4. Confessing Christ in the Religiously Pluralistic Context

65

(13)

Douglas John Hall

5. Reformed Convictions and Religious Pluralism

78

(17)

Donald K. McKim

Part Three. THE CHURCH AND PLURALISM

95

(44)

6. The Rule of Faith: The Early Church's Source of Unity and Diversity

95

(12)

Catherine Gunsalus Gonzalez

7. To Be Catholic: The Church in a Culturally Plural World

107

(15)

C. Benton Kline Jr.

8. The Church as Mother and Bride in the Reformed Tradition: Challenge and Promise

122

(17)

Amy Plantinga Pauw

Part Four. THEOLOGICAL REINTERPRETATION

139

(42)

9. Sin and Self-Loss: Karl Barth and the Feminist Critique of Traditional Doctrines of Sin

139

(16)

Daniel L. Migliore

10. The Cross of Jesus Christ as Solidarity, Reconciliation, and Redemption

155

(12)

William C. Placher

11. The Spirit of Pluralism

167

(14)

George W. Stroup

Part Five. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS

181

12. Living into Tensions: Christian Ethics as Mediating Process

181

(12)

Marcia Y. Riggs

13. Practical to the End: Diversity, Empiricism, and the Task of Pastoral Theology

193

Brian H. Childs

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