August 29, 2006

MINNEAPOLIS – What difference does theological thinking make? Do the myriad and sometimes arcane traditions of Christianity have any relevance for our secular, globalized, environmentally threatened world? Specifically formulated for undergraduate and seminary courses, Theology That Matters: Ecology, Economy, and God answers with a resounding yes.

Gathering many respected and original Christian thinkers who have been inspired by the example and work of theologian Sallie McFague, this book engages such topics as God, Christ, revelation, eschatology, and church in three intertwined and pressing areas: (1) our religious life and language in a secularized, pluralistic society, (2) our newly globalized economic life, and (3) our threatened environmental life.

Each area and its dilemmas can be rethought in light of Christian commitments, which themselves take on new pertinence today. For a world daily imperiled by seemingly relentless forces of doom, it is both heartening and instructive to find religious reflection that reaffirms life and finds its wellsprings in God. Edited by Darby Kathleen Ray, contributors to this project include: Ellen Armour, Eleazar Fernandez, David Jensen, Gordon Kaufman, Catherine Keller, Jay McDaniel, Sallie McFague, Darby Kathleen Ray, Joerge Rierger, Marcia Riggs, Nancy Victorin-Vangerud, Mark Wallace, and Sharon Welch.

Darby Kathleen Ray is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Millsaps Faith and Work Initiative, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi. She is author of Deceiving the Devil: Atonement, Abuse, and Ransom (1998).

Theology That Matters: Ecology, Economy, and God, Edited by Darby Kathleen Ray, Format: 6" x 9," paperback, 208 pp, ISBN: 0-8006-3794-1, Price: $22.00, Publisher: Fortress Press, Rights: World.

To order Theology That Matters please call Fortress Press at 1-800-328-4648 or visit the Web site at http://www.fortresspress.com/.

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