Table of Contents
Abbreviations ix
Preface xii
Introduction: A Hospitable and Inviting Methodological Vision 1
Constructive Theology as a Dialogue and "Conversation" 1
Part I Triune Revelation 7
1 On the Conditions of the Doctrine of Revelation 9
Is There a Revelation in Christian Religion? 9
The Doctrine of Revelation on Both Sides of Modernity 12
The Widening Horizon of the Discourse on Revelation and Scripture in a Pluralistic World 14
2 Triune Revelation 18
Loving Father and the Cruciform Revelation 19
Incarnated Son and Embodied Revelation 22
Life-Giving Spirit and Living Revelation 26
3 Revelation as Historical-Eschatological Word of Promise 30
Theology of History 30
Revelation in History 32
Revelation as History and as Word 37
An Eschatological-Historical Promise 39
4 Liberating Word 44
"The Biblical Texts as Furthering Life" 44
Inclusive Word 45
Revelation as Liberation 48
The Liberating Power of Translation 54
"Reading the Bible in Spanish" 58
5 God's Word in Human Words 61
Inspiration of Scripture: Divine-Human Dynamic 61
Scripture as the Word of God and Human Testimony 66
A Truthful Encounter 70
The Revelatory Power of Metaphors and Symbols 74
The Category of Myth and Mysticism 79
6 Scripture, Community, and Tradition 83
Which Use of the Bible? Whose "Authorship"? 83
Scripture as the Ultimate Norm of Theology 89
Scripture and Church 95
Living Tradition and "Closed Canon" 101
Tradition, Identity, and Context 104
7 Natural Theology as Christian Theology 108
Natural Knowledge of God Is "Natural" 108
How Natural Theology Became "Unnatural" 110
Natural Theology as Trinitarian Christian Theology 115
Wisdom as Revelation 120
8 Revelation and Scripture among Religions 123
The Challenge and Complexity of Interfaith Engagement of Scriptures 123
Hindu Scriptures and Authority in a Christian Perspective 129
Is There Revelation in Buddhist Traditions? 145
The Qur'an and the Bible 160
The First and the Second Testaments 169
Common Scripture Reading as a Form of Interfaith Theologizing 175
Part II Triune God 179
9 On the Conditions and Contours of God-Talk 181
The Doctrine of God in a New Environment 181
God in a Secular Age 182
Objections against God-Talk 186
The Atheistic Rebuttals of Faith in God 194
The Re-turn of Metaphysics 206
The "Traces" of God in the Created Reality 215
10 "Classical Panentheism" 226
For Orientation: Classical Theism, Panentheism, or "Classical Panentheism"? 226
Classical Theism: A Generous Assessment 228
Panentheism: A Seasoned Embrace 232
Contemporary Resources for a Reconceived Doctrine of God 244
11 One God as Communion of Persons 250
The Role of the Trinity in Christian Theology and Doctrine of God 250
One God as Father, Son, and Spirit 258
The Unity of the Tripersonal God 267
God and World: Economic and Immanent Trinity 271
Do the Christian East and West Confess the Same Trinitarian Faith? 277
12 The Relational God and the Divine Attributes 283
How to Speak of God's Attributes-or Whether to Speak of Them 283
God as Spirit and "Person" 290
Eternal God 294
The God of Love 303
13 Divine Hospitality 310
God the Giver and Gift 310
Hospitality as Inclusion 312
God as Communion: A Theological Account of Equality, Justice, and Fairness 320
Hospitality and Violence 324
Hospitality as Advocacy 331
Hospitality and Human Flourishing 335
14 The Failing Promises of Theo-Logical Pluralisms 340
For Orientation: Various "Turns" in the Christian Theology of Religion 340
The "First Generation" Pluralisms 341
The "Turn" to Trinitarian Ways of Constructing Pluralistic Theologies 347
Trinity and Religious Pluralism: Some "Trinitarian" Rules 356
15 The Triune God among Religions 363
For Orientation: A Dialogical and Confessional Pursuit of God 363
Allah and the Father of Jesus Christ 365
Brahman and the Trinitarian God 386
Sunyata and Personal God 405
Epilogue 418
Bibliography 421
Index of Authors 464
Index of Subjects 468
