Table of Contents

Part 1 Theology's long road: historical background to the Jesus Movement; Christian theology to the Protestant Reformation; theology in the Protestant reformation; from the Protestant reformation to the 20th century; two Important 20th century developments. Part 2 Philosophy - the travelling companion: from the Pre-Socratics through Augustine of Hippo; the West from Augustine through the Protestant reformation; mysticism, experience, and the Protestant Reformation; humanism and the Protestant reformation; from the Protestant reformation through the enlightenment; philosophy in the 19th and 20th centuries. Part 3 The postmodern turn: postmodern philosophical resources; postmodern theologies - purifying, political, and preserving; assessing postmodern theologies. Part 4 Toward an inclusive liberal theology: the character of claims about reality itself; analyzing the encounter with Jesus; life in postmodernity - ethics and true religions; summary, postmodern theology and its heritage; toward an inclusive liberal theology; situating this inclusive liberal theology.

Reviews

"John Riggs clearly delineates the greatest weakness of post-modern
Christian theology, namely its refusal to speak about the true reality
of God and the world. Riggs makes the case that only a metaphysic
grounded in the tradition of Whitehead, Hartshorne, and Ogden can
protect post-modern theology from succumbing to the arbitrary tribalism
that threatens its proper attention to historical and communal context.
This is a clear and thought-provoking argument which will be of interest
to all concerned about the present state of Christian theology and
ethics." Randall C. Zachman, Associate Professor of Reformation
Studies, University of Notre Dame