Book Review: "Theology After Vedanta: An Experiment in Comparative Theology"

Toward an American Theology a Symposium on an Important Book

Editorial Note: Herbert W. Richardson's book Toward alz American Theology (New York: Harper & Row, 1967; xiv + 170 pp. ; $ 3.95) blazes new trails in the field of theology. The last chapter, which emphasizes the sanctifying influence of Sabbath observance in the realm of the theological experience of the modern Christian, is a refreshing and uniquely thoughtprovoking essay on the subject. Belie...

Book Review: "The New Comparative Theology: Interreligious Insights from the Next Generation"

A Green Theology? Theology and Ecology

A would adopt a new fashion, j u m p on a new bandwagon. At best it would endorse somewhat bela tedly--abst ract policies of resource management . At worst, it would blunder into grossly Selfish ecological programmes which effectively serve the interest of the rich and the powerful. There are m a n y shades of green! Some ecological policies are unacceptable in that they overlook disadvantaged ...

COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY AS CHALLENGE FOR THE THEOLOGY OF THE 21ST CENTURY

In this article the author first gives an introduction to his own approach to comparative theology (CT). After some introductory considerations, an outline of the idea and foundation of CT is given and is contrasted with traditional approaches to other religions; the methods, goals, and also the limits of CT are discussed; CT is differentiated from religious studies and the theology of religion...

Liberation Theology

The liberation-theology movement was partly inspired by the Second Vatican Council and the 1967 papal encyclical Populorum progressio. Its leading exponents include Gutierrez, Leonardo Boff of Brazil, and Juan Luis Segundo of Uruguay. The liberationists have received encouragement from the Latin American bishops, especially in resolutions adopted at a 1968 conference in Medellin, Colombia; othe...