Theology and Culture

D. Stephen Long is Professor of Systematic Theology at Marquette University. His other recent publications include Calculated Future: Theology, Ethics and Economics, John Wesley's Moral Theology: The Quest for God and Goodness, and Speaking of God: Theology, Language and Truth (forthcoming).

"Long succeeds in demonstrarting the primary nature of this question [theology's relation to culture] and its importance as a foundational discussion for theology...this would make a most thought-provoking book for an advanced college student, or for an undergraduate seeking an effective and speedy introduction to the debate."Brutus Green, Theology vol 114, no.4 (July/August 2011)'The nature of culture is vital to the theologian because the question 'can we speak about God' becomes a question about culture.'Ed Moll, Churchman, 127/3, Autumn 2013'Stephen Long provides students and instructors with a much-needed (and appreciated) guide to the relationship between theology and culture. ... an ideal resource for an 'issue-based' course in theology or as a supplemental text for a course on modern theology.'Micheal W. DeLashmutt, Modern Believing, Vol. 54.4

• Introduction; Theology and Culture: The Promises and Perils; What is Culture?; Confusing Nature and Culture; Language; Diverse Uses of "Culture"; Culture and God; Theologians and Culture I: The Work of Ernst Troeltsch; Theologians and Culture II: H. Richard Niebuhr's Typology; Theologians and Culture III: Paul Tillich's Protestant Principle; Theology, Modernity, and Postmodernity; Contemporary Theology I: Post-Liberal, Analytical, Post-Modern Feminist; Contemporary Theology Ii: Radical Orthodoxy, Communion Catholicism, Anabaptist Witness; Bibliography.