Christ - the Christian Experience in the Modern World (#07 in Schillebeeckx Collected Works Series)
Edward Schillebeeckx, Robert Schreiter, C.P.P.S.Hardback 2013-11-14
Publisher Description
Christ. The Christian Experiencein the Modern Worldis the second volume ofSchillebeeckx' 'Jesus trilogy'. It focuseson the question of salvation for all people. Using seven 'anthropologicalconstants', Schillebeeckx innovatively shows the social and political relevanceof faith. Inspired by liberation and feminist theologies, he puts strongemphasis on human experience and on the importance of examining church teachingin its historical context. Thisvolume is a testimony of Schillebeeckx' groundbreaking attempt to rethinkdoctrine in the light of the research on the historical Jesus. Instead ofstarting with Christianity's great creedal statements about Christ and theTrinity, he focuses on the subjective experience of the first generations ofbelievers as expressed in the New Testament.. This choice stirred considerablecontroversy and a Vatican investigation but inspired and still keeps to inspirereaders in their personal approach to Christian faith.
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Publisher Description
Christ. The Christian Experiencein the Modern Worldis the second volume ofSchillebeeckx' 'Jesus trilogy'. It focuseson the question of salvation for all people. Using seven 'anthropologicalconstants', Schillebeeckx innovatively shows the social and political relevanceof faith. Inspired by liberation and feminist theologies, he puts strongemphasis on human experience and on the importance of examining church teachingin its historical context. Thisvolume is a testimony of Schillebeeckx' groundbreaking attempt to rethinkdoctrine in the light of the research on the historical Jesus. Instead ofstarting with Christianity's great creedal statements about Christ and theTrinity, he focuses on the subjective experience of the first generations ofbelievers as expressed in the New Testament.. This choice stirred considerablecontroversy and a Vatican investigation but inspired and still keeps to inspirereaders in their personal approach to Christian faith.