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Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1975. (В файле 205 с.).
John B. Cobb, Jr., Ph.D. is Professor of Theology Emeritus at the Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California, and Co-Director of the Center for Process Studies there. His many books currently in print include: Reclaiming the Church (1997); with Herman Daly, For the Common Good; Becoming a Thinking Christian (1993); Sustainability (1992); Can Christ Become Good News Again? (1991); ed. with Christopher Ives, The Emptying God: a Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation (1990); with Charles Birch, The Liberation of Life; and with David Griffin, Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition (1977). He is a retired minister in the United Methodist Church. The thesis of this book is that faithfulness to Christ requires immersion in the secular and pluralistic consciousness and that it is precisely there that Christ now works, impeded by our failure to recognize him and by our continuing association of faith with past, particularized expressions of Christ.The evolution of the author's Christology includes the influences of Pannenberg, Altizer and Beardslee, as well as Whitehead, Hartshorne and others, and issues in what he describes as "the post-modern pluralistic method.
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Christ in a Pluralistic Age return to religion-online Christ in a Pluralistic Age by John B. Cobb, Jr. John B. Cobb, Jr., Ph.D. is Professor of Theology Emeritus at the Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California, and Co-Director of the Center for Process Studies there. His many books currently in print include: Reclaiming the Church (1997); with Herman Daly, For the Common Good; Becoming a Thinking Christian (1993); Sustainability (1992); Can Christ Become Good News Again? (1991); ed. with Christopher Ives, The Emptying God: a Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation (1990); with Charles Birch, The Liberation of Life; and with David Griffin, Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition (1977). He is a retired minister in the United Methodist Church. Christ in Pluralistic Age was published in 1975 by Westminster Press. This material was prepared for Religion Online by Harry and Grace Adams. The thesis of this book is that faithfulness to Christ requires immersion in the secular and pluralistic consciousness and that it is precisely there that Christ now works, impeded by our failure to recognize him and by our continuing association of faith with past, particularized expressions of Christ. Preface The evolution of the author's Christology includes the influences of Pannenberg, Altizer and Beardslee, as well as Whitehead, Hartshorne and others, and issues in what he describes as "the post-modern pluralistic method. Introduction Can Christ be alive when his image has passed from our basic vision? Addressing this question without resorting either to a condescending exclusivity or unqualified relativism calls for a process termed creative transformation, both in our understanding of Christ himself and of the place of Christianity in the pluralistic context of the world. Part One: Christ as the Logos Chapter 1: Christ as Creative Transformation in Art The thesis of this book is that Christ is no more bound to any particular system of religious belief and practice than is the creative power of art to any particular style, and the preliminary thesis of this chapter is that Christ himself is the creative power of art. "Christ" is understood as the power of creative transformation as that power has been apprehended through Jesus and his file:///D:/rb/relsearchd.dll-action=showitem&id=407.htm (1 of 4) [2/2/03 8:38:35 PM] Christ in a Pluralistic Age historical effects. Chapter 2: Christ as Creative Transformation in Theology The argument of this chapter is that Christ is not to be id