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God After the Church Lost Control: Sociological Analysis and Critical-Constructive Theology book cover

1st Edition

God After the Church Lost Control Sociological Analysis and Critical-Constructive Theology

By Jan-Olav Henriksen, Pål Repstad Copyright 2023
167 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

167 Pages
by Routledge
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This book combines insights from sociology of religion and theology to consider the fundamental changes that have taken place in how people think about God in contemporary Western society. It can be said that God has become irrelevant for many people, often as a result of well-grounded ethical critique of churches. Here the authors argue for the necessity of rethinking God-talk in a pluralist and... Read more

Introduction: Why this book?

1 On God and change

2 Religious trends in Northern Europe – an overview

3 Does society shape God?

4 The changing Christian God

5 The crisis of theology – and why it matters for speaking about God

6 The morally intolerable God – and the alternative

7 The politically dangerous God – a God of love

8 God as she? Why can’t she be?

9 Pluralism challenges notions of God and religious truth

10 When God becomes irrelevant to society’s challenges

11 God as vulnerable love?

Bibliography

Biography

Jan-Olav Henriksen is Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at the Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (MF) in Oslo, Norway.

Pål Repstad is Professor Emeritus in the Sociology of Religion at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway.

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