The Craft of Innovative Theology

Argument and Process

Edited by John Allan Knight and Ian S. Markham

This edition first published 2022

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Names: Markham, Ian S., author. | Knight, John A., author.

Title: The craft of innovative theology : argument and process / Ian S. Markham and John A. Knight.

Description: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021025870 (print) | LCCN 2021025871 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119601555 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119601579 (pdf) | ISBN 9781119601562 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Theology, Doctrinal. | Theology--Methodology. | Christianity and other religions. | Religious pluralism--Christianity.

Classification: LCC BT78 .M384 2021 (print) | LCC BT78 (ebook) | DDC 230--dc23

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1 Cover

2 Title page The Craft of Innovative Theology Argument and Process Edited by John Allan Knight and Ian S. Markham

3 Copyright

4 Dedication

5 The Acknowledgments

6 Contributors

7 Introduction

8 Part I God and the Incarnation 1 Knowing God through Religious Pluralism 2 Is It Possible for the Eternal Word to Be Made Manifest in a Person with Down’s Syndrome?

9 Part II God and Church 3 Racial Stigma and Southern Baptist Public Discourse in the Twentieth Century 4 The Plugged-in Church: Is it Appropriate to Baptize Artificial Intelligence

10 Part III God and the World 5 Humanity: Where on Earth Have We Come From and Where Are We Going To? 6 What Challenges Does the Theory of Biological Evolution Pose to Christian Theology?

11 Part IV God and Ethics 7 Sin and the Faces of Responsibility 8 A Good Story: Human–Animal Friendship and Meat Eating 9 Just Business: It’s Not What You Think

12 Part V The End of the World 10 Relentless Love and the Afterlife 11 Hell: Retributivism, Escapism, and Universal Reconciliation 12 Christ Will Come Again

13 Part VI Method in Theology 13 Theological Language and Method in Liberal Theology: Schubert Ogden’s Response to the Falsification Controversy 14 Does Culture Determine Belief? The Relationship between the Social Sciences and Theology 15 Theological Reference and Theological Creativity in Judaism 16 Marshall’s Slingshot: Truth Theory, Realism, and Liberal Theological Method

14 Glossary

15 Index

16 End User License Agreement

1 Cover

2 Title page The Craft of Innovative Theology Argument and Process Edited by John Allan Knight and Ian S. Markham

3 Copyright

4 Dedication

5 Table of Contents

6 The Acknowledgments

7 Contributors

8 Introduction

9 Begin Reading

10 Glossary

11 Index

12 End User License Agreement

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