Remember the Poor: The Challenge to Theology in the Twenty-First Century
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Manufacturer: Continuum International Publishing Group
EAN (European Article Number): 9781563382567
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Paperback
Author: Joerg Rieger
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Dewey Decimal Number: 230.0464
Publication Date: 1998-11
Reading Level: 241
Description: Joerg Rieger presents a profound critique of both liberal and neoorthodox theologies. He points out that the problem with liberal theology and its foundational belief in the modern self as the ultimate authority on God is that it only accesses experience and reason; similarly the problem with neoorthodox theology is that it holds the supreme authority on God to be the text/scripturonly thus accessing scripture and tradition. Herein Rieger illustrates that both are incomplete theologies doomed to fall short. The problem according to Rieger is that these theologies do not accomodate the voices from the underside of history . . . these theologies are constructed by the educated elite. Right off the bat it seems as though both liberal and neoorthodox theologies are incomplete like each has a piece, but even together they are incomplete.
So Rieger draws on the work of the intellectual thinker Jacques Lacan and incorporates Roman Catholic Liberation Theology, notably the work of Guiterrez. The end result is an inclusive theology that creates the space for the voice of the underside.
I was truly amazed to find a theologian who actually saw what I did. Having been in a church dominated by liberal theology, I had witnessed exclusionary practices . . .the refusal to listen to the voice of a prostitute when doing a ministry for prostitutes . . . the inability or refusal of the congregation to recognize and support the suffering of its parishioners etc. Rieger explains that American Liberal Theology has an unrealistic optimism that never infiltrated German Liberal theology because of the two world wars and the Holocaust. This blindness to suffering then leads to a denial of suffering.
Rieger illustrates that the inclusion of the voices from the underside of history is vital and necessary to all brands of theology. He does a brilliant job critiquing liberal and neoorthodox theologies and offers a viable theology for the future bringing together theologies from the North and South, from different traditions, even bringing in the work of thinker Lacan.
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Details: Joerg Rieger presents a profound critique of both liberal and neoorthodox theologies. He points out that the problem with liberal theology and its foundational belief in the modern self as the ultimate authority on God is that it only accesses experience and reason; similarly the problem with neoorthodox theology is that it holds the supreme authority on God to be the text/scripturonly thus accessing scripture and tradition. Herein Rieger illustrates that both are incomplete theologies doomed to fall short. The problem according to Rieger is that these theologies do not accomodate the voices from the underside of history . . . these theologies are constructed by the educated elite. Right off the bat it seems as though both liberal and neoorthodox theologies are incomplete like each has a piece, but even together they are incomplete.
So Rieger draws on the work of the intellectual thinker Jacques Lacan and incorporates Roman Catholic Liberation Theology, notably the work of Guiterrez. The end result is an inclusive theology that creates the space for the voice of the underside.
I was truly amazed to find a theologian who actually saw what I did. Having been in a church dominated by liberal theology, I had witnessed exclusionary practices . . .the refusal to listen to the voice of a prostitute when doing a ministry for prostitutes . . . the inability or refusal of the congregation to recognize and support the suffering of its parishioners etc. Rieger explains that American Liberal Theology has an unrealistic optimism that never infiltrated German Liberal theology because of the two world wars and the Holocaust. This blindness to suffering then leads to a denial of suffering.
Rieger illustrates that the inclusion of the voices from the underside of history is vital and necessary to all brands of theology. He does a brilliant job critiquing liberal and neoorthodox theologies and offers a viable theology for the future bringing together theologies from the North and South, from different traditions, even bringing in the work of thinker Lacan.
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