Cover

Contents

orientation

Part I: quibbles with tradition

1. Theology ancient and modern

2. Christianity's current predicament

Part II: the revolutions of modernity

3. the rise of modernity

4. the enlightenment

5. secularity and suspicion

Part III: aftershocks for traditional theology

6. can the bible be trusted? modern biblical studies

7. the identity of jesus

8. hermeneutics: are christian teachings unambiguous?

Part IV: disputed questions in the wake of modernity

9. life in the gutter: half-lives and have-nots

10. no girls allowed: christianity and feminist theology

11. god, quarks and quasars: modern science and christian thought

12. modern encounters between major religions

Conclusion: theology's paramount task

notes

further reading

index