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Disciplining the Divine

Toward an (Im)political Theology

Paul Fletcher author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:28th Jul '09

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Disciplining the Divine offers the first comprehensive treatment of the Social Model of the Trinity, exploring its central place within much theological discourse of the past half century, including its relation to wider cultural and political concerns. The book highlights the manner in which theologians have attempted to make the doctrine of God relevant to modern issues and outlooks and it charts the conditions that have necessitated such a reconfiguration of theological analysis. While interrogatory in tone and intent, Disciplining the Divine nevertheless provides a critical reconstruction of a Christian theology and practice which might be undertaken within the political and cultural contexts of the new millennium.

In this insightful book, Paul Fletcher provides a critical overview of the status of political theology today, as well as a thorough refutation of the social model of the Trinity. Written with the clarity that derives from long experience of teaching on this subject, Fletcher provides a most engaging suggestion for the future of political theology. Philip Goodchild, Head of Theology and Religious Studies, Nottingham University Paul Fletcher was one of Britain's most acute and culturally engaged theologians, a passionate interrogator of theology, philosophy and critical theory. In this book, his passion and wonderfully informed, devastating incision, lives on, as it is brought to bear on social models of the Trinity, in particular that of Jürgen Moltmann. Gerard Loughlin, Professor of Theology, Durham University ’This is an extraordinary book which challenges one of the most commonly-held assumptions of modern doctrine, that somehow the relationships between the persons of the Trinity have some relevance for how we organise our social relationships in politics and the church.’ Modern Believing

ISBN: 9780754667223

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

218 pages