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An international journal of theology; a catholic journal in the widest sense: rooted in Roman Catholicism yet open to other Christian traditions and the worlds faiths. Promotes discussion in the spirit of Vatican II. Annual subscriptions available.

Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Küng, Gregory Baum and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology.

Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Küng, Gregory Baum and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology.

In this volume, Davies argues for a renewal of metaphysics, as the language of createdness, based not on a return to outmoded concepts of essence, but in a new understanding of ontology as narrative and performance.

Introduction : The body and religion : Regina Ammicht-Quinn and Elsa Tamez -- The perfect body : biomedical utopias : Hille Haker -- The superfluous body : utopias of information and communication technology : Klaus Wiegerling -- The cultural coding of the male and female body : Christina Von Braun -- Re-evaluating the body in eco-feminism : Rosemary Radford Reuther -- The world as God's body : Sally McFague -- Dichotomy or union of soul and body? The origins of the ambivalence of Christianity to the body : Jean-Guy Nadeau -- Corporeality and mysticism : Tina Beattie -- The immobile dance : the body and the Bible in Latin America : Nancy Cardoso Pereira -- Cosmos - church - body : observations on the notion of 'healing pastoral work : Rainer Bucher -- The western understanding of the body as a global perspective : Farideh Akashe-Böhme -- Bodies and gender in Mesoamerican religions : Silvia Marcos -- Embodiment and connexity : an African purview : Gosbert T.M. Byamungu -- Suffering, resisting, healing : an Asian view of the body : Sharon A. Bong -- Mixed-race body, cosmic race : Carmin¿a Navia Velasco

An international journal of theology; a catholic journal in the widest sense: rooted in Roman Catholicism yet open to other Christian traditions and the world's faiths. Promotes discussion in the spirit of Vatican II. Annual subscriptions available.

'This book is among the most promising and most important in its particular field to be published within recent years. Indeed, there is no other in which men trained in the school of philosophy dominant in England today have sought as they do here to come to terms with Christian theology.' (British Weekly)

John Macquarrie's classic study of existentialism and the work of two of its most important representatives: Martin Heidegger and Rudolf Bultmann.

Diarmaid MacCulloch provides a factual basis for a thorough study of the history and development of Christianity. Readers begin their journey from the earliest days of the fledgling Christian Church to the end of the twentieth century.

Provides an understanding of reading and doing theology. This book talks about the change of the "Bible" from liturgy in worship to a physical object: a book. It reads two texts "Glossa Ordinaria" and "Aquinas' Summa Theologiae", in terms of the concepts of memory and itinerary. It renders the notion of separating Scripture from tradition absurd.

A collection of social-scientific approaches to Old Testament studies, with the content matching the need of level two-three biblical studies undergraduates, as well as suiting seminary courses examining specific biblical texts.

A short, accessible monograph from two of the world's most eminent biblical studies scholars. This book examines the raising of Lazarus, the relationship between him and his two sisters, and the theological implications of a social scientific critique of this relationship and the Lazarus story.

This book is by an internationally recognised author who is widely regarded as one of the leading authors in postcolonial feminist studies. Written at an academic level but often takes the form of a personal account: with the resulting appeal to our crossover market of HE institutions and seminaries

Shows how theologians from around the world engage with the question of how to respond to the global ecological crisis and the natural and human-made disasters resulting from it.

The faith and reason argument is one that each and every theologian and philosopher must consider at some stage in their education. Should appeal to academics across the spectrum of philosophy and theology and other humanities areas such as language and literature

Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Küng, Gregory Baum and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology.

Concilium has long been a household-name for cutting-edge critical and constructive theological thinking. Past contributors include leading Catholic scholars such as Hans Küng, Gregory Baum and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the editors of the review belong to the international "who's who" in the world of contemporary theology.

An international journal of theology; a catholic journal in the widest sense: rooted in Roman Catholicism yet open to other Christian traditions and the world's faiths. Promotes discussion in the spirit of Vatican II. Annual subscriptions available.

Previously unpublished letters and essays presented in this volume that is key reading for students of Holocaust studies, as well as interfaith, social historical studies and theology.

Barr views Old Testament theology and New Testament theology as sub-sections of 'biblical theology' as opposed to 'doctrinal' or 'philosophical' theology. e Barr guides the reader through the various supportive and opposing arguments with his own conclusion that elements of biblical theology still have validity in theological scholarship.

A useful reference for academics and lecturers seeking quick answers to questions, or quotations-set out in chronological order, covering material typical of an undergraduate course in Theological Aesthetics.

Books by or about Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, create significant media interest, particularly when they explore his attitudes to ethics - particularly homosexuality and war. This introduction for students and general readers who want to understand his theology is written in a clear and accessible style.

Collected essays exploring how to do theology (part one) and read the Bible (part two) when viewed through the eyes of oppressed peoples who have suffered - and continue to suffer - from western colonialism.

An invaluable resource for all academics, students, ministers, and laypeople who are interested in theological issues from a global perspective.

This is a collection of essays on Aquinas and Wittgenstein. This book's main purpose is to advance our understanding of the issues on which texts like "Summa Theologiae" and the "Philosophical Investigations" have a bearing.

Jurgen Moltmann explores the existential questions and explicit theological concerns raised by modern science, at a time when theology is widely regarded as insignificant. The issues he discusses include: the theological dimension of science, bioethics, God and space and the meaning of "creation".

In this long-awaited book, John Macquarrie turns to one of the few areas of Christian theology to which he has not yet devoted systematic attentionthat of christology.

This concise introduction to the main themes of the Apostles' Creed emphasizes the fundamentally Trinitarian character of the Creed. The author aims to show that, in using the Creed, we grow in knowledge of ourselves, each other, the world and the mystery of God.