Ebook {Epub PDF} What Christianity Is Not: An Exercise in negative Theology by Douglas John Hall

Douglas John Hall is Emeritus Professor of Christian Theology in McGill University, Montreal. He is the author of twenty-five volumes, including two recent offerings from Cascade Books—The Messenger: Friendship, Faith, and Finding One's Way (); and Waiting for Gospel: An Appeal to the Dispirited Remnants of Protestant "Establishment" (). In what theologian Douglas John Hall calls his final book, Hall engages in apophatic or negative theology. Rather than trying to offer a positive listing of essential beliefs (kataphatic theology), he shares six theological ideas that don't define Christianity. They may play a role, but they don't define it. J. J. / Rev. Steve. Hi Everyone, As the title suggests, I’m going to be running a book study on Douglas John Hall’s What Christian ity is Not: An Exercise in Negative Theology. As we begin rebuilding this is a critical time to start a conversation about who we are as St. Andrew’s. Change was already afoot and we are fresh off of an www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 5 mins.

by Douglas John Hall (Author) Professor Hall has written a major work on an agonizing subject, at once brilliant, comprehensive, and thought provoking. In contrast to many writers who gloss over one or the other, Dr. Hall is true both to the reality of suffering and to the affirmation that God creates, sustains, and redeems. Acknowledgments Jim Kanaris: Introduction Identity, Theology, Faith Gabriel Vahanian: Theology and the Obsession with Identity Douglas John Hall: Religion, Faith, and the Human Future Scott Halse: In What Sense is Faith Rational? The Case of Bernard Lonergan Herb Gruning: Divine Elbow Room Joseph C. McLelland: Divine Impotence Alterity, Method, Topology Michelle Rebidoux: The Levinasian. Douglas John Hall characterizes Reformation Christianity as "a tradition in which faith implies an ongoing dialogue with doubt" (, 68). Indeed, William D. Dean locates Niebuhr among the "classical negative theologians" in his sense of God as unknowable ().

What Christianity Is Not An Exercise in “Negative” Theology. by Douglas John Hall. Imprint: Cascade Books. Pages, x x in. Paperback; ;. Douglas John Hall is Emeritus Professor of Christian Theology in McGill University, Montreal. He is the author of twenty-five volumes, including two recent offerings from Cascade Books—The Messenger: Friendship, Faith, and Finding One's Way (); and Waiting for Gospel: An Appeal to the Dispirited Remnants of Protestant "Establishment" (). Book Study: What Christianity is Not, by Douglas John Hall. As the title suggests, I’m going to be running a book study on Douglas John Hall’s What Christian ity is Not: An Exercise in Negative Theology. As we begin rebuilding this is a critical time to start a conversation about who we are as St. Andrew’s. Change was already afoot and we.