Word and Spirit: Renewing Christology and Pneumatology in a Globalizing World (Theologische Bibliothek Tpelmann, 158)

Christology and Pneumatology face many challenges today. Eight contributors, four European and four Asian theologians, respond to some of these challenges. Christoph Schwöbel responds to the challenge of fundamentalism and spiritualism through the renewal of the Trinitarian theology of the Reformers, Markus Mühling through a return to the "concarnational" Pneumatology of Thomas Erskine. Hans-Joachim Sander meets the challenge of suffering and powerlessness through the postmodern hermeneutics of heterotopia (Foucault), Lieven Boeve responds to that of skepticism and pluralism through the hermeneutics of interruption. Lee Ki-Sang and Kim Heup Young address the globalization of materialism and anthropocentrism through the respective retrieval of the apophaticism and Christology of Ryu Young Mo, increasingly noted today for his original synthesis of Christianity, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. Finally, Lai Pan-Chiu and Anselm Min engage in an East/West dialogue, Lai by comparing the Christian idea of deification and the Neo-Confucian idea of self-cultivation, Min the Trinity of Aquinas and the Triad of Zhu Xi. This is a substantial, timely, and insightful contribution to Christology and Pneumatology in the context of the many issues raised by globalization, especially the need for serious East/West dialogue. Christology And Pneumatology Face Many Challenges Today, Such As Fundamentalism And Spiritualism, Oppression And Pluralism, Rampant Materialism And Anthropocentrism. Eight European And Asian Theologians Respond To The Challenges In Various Ways, And Make Substantial And Insightful Contributions To The Renewal Of Christology And Pneumatology In Context Of The Many Issues Raised By Globalization, Especially The Need For Serious East/west Dialogue. -- Publisher's Description. Introduction : Renewing Christology And Pneumatology Amid The Challenges Of The Globalizing World / Anslem Kyongsuk Min -- God's Two Hands : Beyond Fundamentalism And Spiritualism / Christoph Schwöbel -- The Incarnation Of The Word And The Concarnation Of The Spirit As Modes Of Divine Activity - Inspired By Thomas Erskine (1788-1870) / Markus Mühling -- The Signs Of The Times - A Locus For The Word To Meet The Spirit : The Heterotopian Character Of Truth In History / Hans-joachim Sander -- Theological Truth, Difference And Plurality : Perspectives From A Contextual European Theology Of Interruption / Lieven Boeve -- Holiness And Spirituality : How To Communicate With God In The Age Of Globalization / Ki-sang Lee -- The Word Made Flesh : Ryu Young-mo's Christo-dao : A Korean Perspective / Kim Heup Young -- Shaping Humanity With Word And Spirit : Perspectives East, West, And Neither-east-nor-west / Pan-chiu Lai -- The Trinity Of Aquinas And The Triad Of Zhu Xi : Some Comparative Reflections / Anslem Kyongsuk Min. Edited By Anselm K. Min And Christoph Schwöbel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Introduction: Renewing Christology and Pneumatology amid the Challenges of the Globalizing World 1 God’s Two Hands: Beyond Fundamentalism and Spiritualism 2 The Incarnation of the Word and the “Concarnation” of the Spirit as Modes of Divine Activity – “Inspired” by Thomas Erskine (1788–1870) 3 The Signs of the Times – a Locus for the Word to meet the Spirit: the Heterotopian Character of Truth in History 4 Theological Truth, Difference and Plurality: Perspectives from a Contextual European Theology of Interruption 5 Holiness and Spirituality: How to Communicate with God in the Age of Globalization 6 The Word Made Flesh: Ryu Young-Mo’s Christo-dao: A Korean Perspective 7 Shaping Humanity with Word and Spirit: Perspectives East, West and Neither-East-Nor-West 8 The Trinity of Aquinas and the Triad of Zhu Xi: Some Comparative Reflections Notes on Contributors Index of Names Index of Subjects Christology and Pneumatology face many challenges today, such as fundamentalism and spiritualism, oppression and pluralism, rampant materialism and anthropocentrism. This title includes eight European and Asian theologians that respond to the challenges in various ways.