Risking Proclamation, Respecting Difference: Christian Faith, Imperialistic Discourse, and Abraham

ISBN: 0227173147

Author: Boesel, Chris

Condition: New

This important book poses the question of whether Christian proclamation can be made ethically safe for the Jewish neighbor. Boesel assesses two major approaches to a Christian theology of Judaism - those exemplified by Rosemary Radford Ruether and Karl Barth. This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of systematics, ethics, and homiletics at the intersection of Jewish-Christian relations.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I: An Introduction: The Problem and its Context 1. Is the Good News of Jesus Christ Bad News for the Jewish Neighbor? 2. Kierkegaard and Hegel on Abraham: The Openness and Complexity of the Modern Context Part II: The Problem: A Theological Exemplar 3. The Problem, Part I: The "Perfect Storm" of Christological Interpretive Imperialism 4. The Problem, Part II: The Good News of the Gospel and the Bad News for the Children of Abraham Part III: The Remedy: A Theological Exemplar 5. The Remedy, Part I: Dispersing the "Perfect Storm" 6. The Remedy, Part II: The Debt to Modernity - Interpretive Imperialism in a Higher Key 7. The Remedy, Part III: Abraham Must Die Part IV: The Remedy as Problem, the Problem as Remedy 8. Postmodern Discernment and the Limits of the Ethical: The Way of Justice 9. The Problem as Remedy: An Interpretive Imperialism "Without Weapons"? 10. Conclusion: Faith Seeking the Ethical Bibliography Author Index Subject Index