An exploration of the context of the Eucharist and its central place within Christianity. It addresses its symbolism, the theology and the continuing and passionate debate that revolves around it. The author is a Lutheran theologian.

What Happens in Holy Communion

Religion & Spirituality

Welker, Michael

Christian Books & Bibles

Society for Promoting Christian

Welker sees Spirit as conflicted territory in a world alive with experiences of the Spirit, searchings for Spirit, and skepticism about the Spirit. In a work that fuses the best of Continental theology with American process thought, he looks first to the problem of religious experience in today's world and inchoate experiences of the power of the Spirit.

God the Spirit

History

World

Fortress Press

A dialogue for troubled friends and cultured despisers of Christianity This exciting volume invites the reader to join in an intellectual and personal adventure, engaging mind and heart in a search for religious truth and "the living God." Polkinghorne and Welker, two of today's most respected and daring religious thinkers, here look freshly at Christianity's central theological questions. In a mutual encounter that allows a presentation by each with a reply by the other, they probe crucial issues of belief in God, Christian faith and hope, life in the Spirit, and the tenability of faith in light of current science and culture. Eschewing polemics, they show how our contemporary horizon re-illumines an ancient faith and how faith in turn offers a radical critique of our most cherished assumptions.

Faith in the Living God: A Dialogue

Polkinghorne, J. C.

Fortress Pr

Jürgen Moltmann's distinctive insights in trinitarian theology - especially about the relations within God and God's presence in creation - are revolutionary for theology and set the stage for these further explorations. The esteemed group of contributors in this volume probes new ways of understanding the triune character of God. Among the contributors are: Nicholas Constas Sarah A. Coakley Harvey G. Cox Jr. Lyle Dabney David Fergusson David H. Kelsey Daniel Migliore Gerald O'Collins John Polkinghorne William Schweiker Dirk Smit Bryan D. Spinks Kathryn Tanner Ronald F. Thiemann Miroslav Volf John Webster Nicholas Wolterstorff

God's Life in Trinity

VOLF, MIROSLAV

How does the Spirit relate to the world in which we live? How does the Spirit relate to the world to come, also known as the new creation? This volume gathers fifteen scholars -- experts in physics, biology, mathematics, psychology, sociology, and theology -- to ponder these questions, each one marshaling his own disciplinary tools and unique perspective. The contributors represent a variety of countries -- including Germany, Greece, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the Ukraine -- and a number of faith traditions, from Russian and Greek Orthodox to Roman Catholic to Pentecostal. Discussing scientific and theological perspectives on the Spirit's role in creation and in the new creation, the contributors produce a fruitful dialogue that will lead to a deeper understanding of and respect for the Spirit's creative work.Contributors: Denis Alexander José Casanova Sergey S. Horujy Cyril Hovorun Vladimir Katasonov Andrew Louth Frank D. Macchia Jürgen Moltmann Friederike Nüssel Renos K. Papadopoulos Marcus Guy Plested John Polkinghorne Jeffrey Schloss Vladimir Shmaliy Michael Welker

The Spirit in Creation and New Creation: Science and Theology in Western and Orthodox Realms

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

This volume brings together leading theologians, biblical scholars, scientists, philosophers, ethicists, and others to explore the multidimensionality and depth of the human person. Moving away from dualistic (mind-body, spirit-flesh, naturalmental) anthropologies, the book's contributors examine human personhood in terms of a complex flesh-body-mind-heart-soul-conscience-reason-spirit spectrum. The Depth of the Human Person begins with a provocative essay on the question "Why is personhood conceptually difficult?" It then rises to the challenge of relating theological contributions on the subject to various scientific explorations. Finally, the book turns to contemporary theological-ethical challenges, discussing such subjects as human dignity, embodiment, gender stereotypes, and human personhood at the edges of life. Contributors: 
<ul>
<li>Maria Antonaccio</li>
<li>Warren S. Brown</li>
<li>Philip Clayton</li>
<li>Volker Henning Drecoll</li>
<li>Markus Höfner</li>
<li>Origen V. Jathanna</li>
<li>Malcolm Jeeves</li>
<li>Isolde Karle</li>
<li>Eiichi Katayanagi</li>
<li>Andreas Kemmerling</li>
</ul>, <ul>
<li>Stephan Kirste</li>
<li>Bernd Oberdorfer</li>
<li>John C. Polkinghorne</li>
<li>Jeffrey P. Schloss</li>
<li>Andreas Schüle</li>
<li>William Schweiker</li>
<li>Gerd Theissen</li>
<li>Günter Thomas</li>
<li>Frank Vogelsang</li>
<li>Michael Welker</li>, 
</ul>

The Depth of the Human Person: A Multidisciplimary Approach

“God revealed himself in Jesus Christ!” Christian faith has confessed and proclaimed this message for nearly two thousand years. But what does it really mean? In God the Revealed Michael Welker delves into this declaration and shows how it offers genuine insight into Christian faith. He asks “Who is Jesus Christ for us today?” and approaches the answer from five different angles -- the historical Jesus, the resurrection, the cross, the reign of Christ, and eschatology. Uniquely, Welker argues for the need to place historical Jesus research in a Christology and proposes a “Fourth Quest” for the historical Jesus.

God the Revealed: Christology

In God's Image: An Anthropology of the Spirit

From the 2019/2020 Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh In God's Image describes how centering our culture on the human and divine spirit can revitalize four universally acknowledged characteristics of a thriving human existence: justice, freedom, truth, and peace. Inspired not only by religious sources but also by scientists, philosophers, economists, and legal and political theorists, Michael Welker develops the idea of a 'multimodal' spirit that generates the possibility of living and acting in the image of God. Welker's new approach to natural theology explains why the human and the divine spirit cannot adequately be grasped in simple bipolar relations and why the human spirit should not be reduced to the rational mind. Addressing the question What is the calling of human beings? in the context of late-modern pluralistic societies, he aims at explaining to believers and nonbelievers alike what it means to be persons created in the image of God, moved by a spirit of justice, freedom, truth, and peace.

Eerdmans

This book is the result of intensive, multiyear international and interdisciplinary cooperation. From many perspectives, the book’s contributors address themes of freedom and slavery; self-determination and concepts of freedom; God-given and imprinted freedom; freedom as an ethos of belonging and solidarity; and relations between freedom, human rights, and theological orientation.

Quests for Freedom, Second Edition: Biblical, Historical, Contemporary

Cascade Books

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What Happens in Holy Communion

God the Spirit

Faith in the Living God: A Dialogue

God's Life in Trinity

The Spirit in Creation and New Creation: Science and Theology in Western and Orthodox Realms

The Depth of the Human Person: A Multidisciplimary Approach

God the Revealed: Christology

In God's Image: An Anthropology of the Spirit

In God's Image: An Anthropology of the Spirit

Quests for Freedom, Second Edition: Biblical, Historical, Contemporary