Theologies of Retrieval

Darren Sarisky is Tutor in Doctrine and Ministry at Wycliffe Hall and member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, UK.

The Christian tradition is rich with perennial truths about who God is and who we are in relation to him. The work of theology requires the wisdom and insight to determine whether and how to mine those truths in ways that are not only faithful to their original presentation but also relevant to addressing the concerns and challenges of our times. This book brings into fruitful conversation some of the leading voices in the debate, providing a valuable resource for those prepared to undertake the arduous and delicate task of retrieval.

• Introduction, Darren Sarisky (University of Oxford, UK)I. Genealogies of Modernity: The Role of Intellectual-Historical Judgments1. 'There's Always One Day Which Isn't The Same As The Day Before': Christianity and History in the Writings of Charles Péguy, John Milbank (University of Nottingham, UK)2. The Past Matters Theologically: Thinking Tradition, Stanley Hauerwas (Duke University, USA)II. Different Inflections to Retrieval: Confessional Approaches3. Orthodoxy, Andrew Louth (Durham University, UK)4. Reformed Retrieval, Michael Allen (Reformed Theological Seminary, USA) 5. "Only what is rooted is living" A Roman Catholic Theology of Ressourcement, Jennifer Newsome Martin (University of Notre Dame, USA) III. Twentieth-Century Figures6. Georges Florovsky, Paul Gavrilyuk (University of St. Thomas, USA)7. Karl Barth, Kenneth Oakes (University of Notre Dame, USA)8. Henri de Lubac, David Grumett (University of Edinburgh, UK)IV. Theological Sources9. Scripture: Three Modes of Retrieval, Michael Legaspi (Penn State University, USA) 10. Tradition I: Tradition in Congar, de Lubac and Blondel, Gabriel Flynn (Dublin City University, Ireland) 11. Tradition II: Thinking With Historical Texts - Reflections on Theologies of Retrieval, Darren Sarisky (University of Oxford, UK) V. Major Doctrines12. Back to the Trinity, Fred Sanders (Biola University, USA) 13. "Love is also a Lover of Life": Creatio ex Nihilo and Creaturely Goodness, John Webster (University of St Andrews, UK) 14. The Church and the Christian: Their Theological Interdependance, Nicholas Healy (St. John’s University, USA)VI. A Broadening Conversation15. "You Can't Go Home Again": Retreival and Mulattic Theological Method, Brian Bantum (Seattle Pacific University, USA) 16. On Gender and Theology in the Mode of Retrieval, Ruth Jackson (University of Cambridge, UK) 17. Roman Catholic Christians and the Jewish People after the Holocaust, Gavin D'Costa (University of Bristol, UK)VII. Critical Appraisals18. David Tracy: A Critical Theology of Retrieval, William E. Myatt (Loyola University Chicago, USA) 19. Restoration, Retrieval and Renewal: Recovering Healing Ministry in the Church - Some Critical Reflection, Martyn Percy (University of Oxford) BibliographyIndex