Books in the Wiley Blackwell Readings in Modern Theology series

* Introduces students to the burgeoning field of postmodern theology. * Brings together for the first time readings by major continental critical theorists relevant to the study of theology or religious studies.

Provides an overview of pastoral and practical theology in the form of articles and extracts with commentary. * Presents pastoral and practical theology within a theoretical framework* Contains classic readings together with newly commissioned articles* Engages with practical theologies from both sides of the Atlantic.

Presents texts which articulate or debate with the mode of theology most commonly identified as "post-liberal". This volume includes readings, which treat major doctrinal areas as they have been handled by 'post-liberal' theologians. It also includes readings, which treat issues of the methods, norms and sources of theology.

Arguing for a new direction in postmodern theological thinking, away from the liberalism and nihilism of so-called postmodern theologians, this book collects together examples of the work of Continental critical theorists relevant to the study of theology or religious studies.

Instead of introducing students to Christian theology through its doctrines, this text introduces it through discussion of church practices and the experience of everyday Christian life. It argues that the goal of inquiring after God should be spiritual growth as well as intellectual understanding.

* Pursues theological inquiry as a spiritual as well as an intellectual discipline. * Focuses on Christian practices over the centuries rather than on doctrines and their interrelations. * Offers a completely new approach for those coming to the discipline for the first time.

This selection of source readings brings together diverse materials from the Christian tradition which discuss the implications of religious plurality. Beginning with the Bible, the volume goes on to present primary texts from the history of Christian thought.

aeo Helps students to think theologically about religious pluralism. aeo Brings together in one volume primary texts otherwise not easily available. aeo Highlights the diversity of Christian theological responses across the centuries to other religious traditions.

This text aims to introduce readers to the practice of reading Scripture theologically. Four or five essays are devoted to each text. Among these are examples of patristic, medieval and Reformation interpretation, as well as contemporary readings.