February 9, 2005

MINNEAPOLIS – Innovative in both approach and style, Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes presents an exciting and engaging way for today's students to encounter theology.

Coordinated by Serene Jones of Yale Divinity School and Paul Lakeland of Fairfield University, nearly fifty of North America's top teaching theologians (members of the Workgroup on Constructive Christian Theology) have devised a text that allows students to experience the deeper point of theological questions, to delve into the fractures and disagreements that figured in the development of traditional Christian doctrines, and to sample the diverse and conflicting theological voices that vie for allegiance today.

The accompanying CD-ROM not only contains the fully searchable text but also includes chapter summaries, discussion questions, a glossary, weblinks, and a guide to writing research papers in theology.

Contributors include: Victor Anderson, Ellen T. Armour, Karen Baker-Fletcher, Paul E. Capetz, Don H. Compier, M. Shawn Copeland, Paul DeHart, James H. Evans Jr., Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Michelle A. Gonzales, Roger Haight, Bradford E. Hinze, Barbara A. Holmes, Dwight N. Hopkins, Leonard M. Hummel, Ada Maria Isassi-Diaz, David H. Jensen, William Stacey Johnson, Serene Jones, Margaret D. Kamitsuka, Catherine Keller, Kris Kvam, Paul Lakeland, Walter J. Lowe, Charles T. Mathewes, Joy Ann McDougall, Sallie McFague, Ian A. McFarland, M. Douglas Meeks, Linda Mercadante, Jim Perkinson, Jamie T. Phelps, Amy Plantinga Pauw, Darby Ray, Stephen G. Ray, Joerg Rieger, Cynthia L. Rigby, Kathleen M. Sands, Michele Saracino, Laurel C. Schneider, Craig Stein, Kathryn Tanner, John E. Thiel, Deanna A. Thompson, Mark I. Wallace, Sharon D. Welch, and Tatha Wiley.

"Constructive Theology celebrates a rich, kaleidoscopic variety of theological structures, genres, arguments, and insights. The authors are committed to retrieving the deep insights of the classical tradition by bringing contemporary problems and experiences to bear on the work of theological construction. . . . A fresh engagement with Christian faith." – Peter C. Hodgson, Vanderbilt Divinity School

Serene Jones is Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and author of Feminist Theory and Christian Theology (Fortress Press, 2000) and Calvin and the Rhetoric of Piety (1995).

Paul Lakeland is Professor of Theology at Fairfield University, Connecticut. Among his works are Theology and Critical Theory (1990), Postmodernity (Fortress Press, 1997), and The Liberation of the Laity (2003).

ISBN: 0-8006-3683-X – Paperback and CD-ROM, 334 pages, 7 x 9.25 inches, $30.00.

To order Constructive Theology please call Fortress Press at 1-800-328-4648 or visit the web site at http://www.augsburgfortress.com/.

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