Schools of faith : essays on theology, ethics and education in honour of Iain R. Torrance

"Schools of Faith represents a diversity of essays from scholars in several continents. The contributors, all leading theologians and ethicists, offer reflections on historical and contemporary themes which are significant for wider debates in theological education and church life in today's world. The range of contributor and content provides a fitting tribute to the work of Iain R. Torrance over many years. Amid the numerous subjects discussed, the authors focus on liturgy, textual criticism, public theology, the ethics of war, Christian doctrine, divine action, ecumenism, inter-faith dialogue, spiritual formation, the office of the minister, and the interface between religion and literature. The multi-faceted nature of this collection signifies its importance for historical, systematic and practical theology."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Very Rev. Professor Iain R. Torrance 1 West Midlands Foray 2 The Life of the Text 3 Creation: A Catalyst Shaping Early Christian Life and Thought 4 Theodore of Mopsuestia and the Allegorical Method in Liturgical Commentaries 5 Study as Spiritual Formation 6 The Logic of Incarnation and the Problem of the Extra Calvinisticum 7 The King James Bible in Scotland 8 Jonathan Edwards: Panentheist or Pantheist? 9 Scotland and Princeton 10 Schleiermacher’s Trinitarian ‘Realism’ 11 The Place of Prayer in Theological Method: A Conversation with Sarah Coakley 12 Christian Self-Formation and the Meaning of Baptism 13 Real Insights along False Paths: With Karl Barth and Against the Stream in Theological Ethics 14 Telling the Story of Gaudium et Spes: George Lindbeck and the Catholic Rediscovery of Eschatology 15 The Divine Action ‘Problem’? An Eastern Orthodox Challenge to Science and Theology 16 Christianity and China: Looking Forward 17 Mainstream Minority: The Public Identity of the Church of Scotland 18 Can We Trust the Church? 19 Military Chaplaincy, Christian Witness and the Ethics of War 20 Religious Discourse and the Public Forum 21 God, Discipleship and Meaning in Rainer Maria Rilke and Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 22 The Theological and Educational Promise of Scriptural Reasoning 23 The Minister: Some Literary Perspectives 24 The Significance of New Humanities for Current Theological Education in the Context of the Korean.Church 25 Searching for Gravitas 26 Wisdom in a Wikipedia World: Education, Ecumenism and Leadership in an Age of Globalization Index "Schools of Faith represents a diversity of essays from scholars in several continents. The contributors, all leading theologians and ethicists, offer reflections on historical and contemporary themes which are significant for wider debates in theological education and church life in today's world. The range of contributor and content provides a fitting tribute to the work of Iain R. Torrance over many years. Amid the numerous subjects discussed, the authors focus on liturgy, textual criticism, public theology, the ethics of war, Christian doctrine, divine action, ecumenism, inter-faith dialogue, spiritual formation, the office of the minister, and the interface between religion and literature. The multi-faceted nature of this collection signifies its importance for historical, systematic and practical theology."-- Back cover