Overview

This edited collection offers the first engagement with Werner G. Jeanrond’s theological thinking, spanning from hermeneutics through systematic theology to politics. Available open access and featuring more than twenty renowned scholars with a global reach, this work tackles one of Jeanrond’s key questions: “How can theological thought begin today, in the midst of a confusing plurality of methods?” The problem of the starting point requires a critical and self-critical theological reflection. The academics in this book embark on a journey which takes us through five different fields of study, each of which capture a strand of Jeanrond’s far-reaching body of work. From hermeneutics to politics to moral virtues and spirituality, this volume provides a comprehensive look at the thought of one of the most influential systematic theologians of the twentieth century. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Lund University.

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Werner Jeanrond has left an indelible mark on Christian hermeneutics, and on the minds of his friends and students. This volume captures the ways in which his thought has been generative for creative theological reflection on such various topics from dialogue to feminism, and from hope to love. * Catherine Cornille, Boston College, USA *

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Ulrich Schmiedel is Senior Lecturer in Theology, Politics and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is also Co-Director of Edinburgh's Centre for Theology and Public Issues and has written widely on public and political theology. Ola Sigurdson is Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is also a member of the Royal Swedish Society of Letters, History and Antiquities. He has published more than thirty books in Swedish and English on the intersection of philosophy, theology and the arts. Jayne Svenungsson is Professor of Systematic Theology at Lund University, Sweden. Currently director of the multidisciplinary research program At the End of the World: A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Apocalyptic Imaginary in the Past and Present (endoftheworld.lu.se), she has published extensively on political theology and philosophy of history.

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