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THE WHAT, HOW AND WHO OF HUMANITY BEFORE GOD: THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE BIBLE IN THE TWENTY‐FIRST CENTURY
Author(s) -
FORD DAVID F.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
modern theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.144
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1468-0025
pISSN - 0266-7177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2010.01653.x
Subject(s) - consummation , humanity , context (archaeology) , theology , philosophy , narrative , christian theology , religious studies , history , linguistics , archaeology
David Kelsey's Eccentric Existence. A Theological Anthropology is read in the context of the traditions of Christian theology, especially in Europe and North America, and of Kelsey's Yale colleagues. Its theocentric, scriptural and thoughtfully experimental contribution to theological anthropology from the perspectives of creation, consummation and reconciliation is analysed, appreciated and assessed. Implications of Kelsey's identification of three distinct plotlines in the Bible are explored. Questions are raised about the range of his Christian conversations, the limitations of his reliance on narrative, his neglect of significant parts of the Bible and Christian tradition, and his focus on the interaction with secular rather than religious dimensions of the contemporary world.