Christ and Reconciliation: A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, vol. 1

The first installment in a wide and deep constructive theology for our time

In Christ and Reconciliation Veli-Matti Karkkainen develops a constructive Christology and theology of salvation in dialogue with the best of Christian tradition, with contemporary theology in its global and contextual diversity, and with other major living faiths.

Karkkainen's Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World is a five-volume project that aims to develop a new approach to and method of doing Christian theology in our pluralistic world at the beginning of the third millennium. Topics such as diversity, inclusivity, violence, power, cultural hybridity, and justice are part of the constructive theological discussion along with classical topics such as the messianic consciousness, incarnation, atonement, and the person of Christ.

With the metaphor of hospitality serving as the framework for his discussion, Karkkainen engages Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism in sympathetic and critical mutual dialogue while remaining robustly Christian in his convictions. Never before has a full-scale doctrinal theology been attempted in such a wide and deep dialogical mode.

Author: Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 05/26/2013
Pages: 467
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.10w x 0.98d
ISBN: 9780802868534

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2013

About the Author
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen is professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, and docent of ecumenics at the University of Helsinki, Finland.