Dialogic Evangelical Theology of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen

Peter Heltzel is a visiting researcher at Boston University School of Theology.Patrick Oden is director of Academic Integration, Fuller Equip, and research assistant professor of theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. Amos Yong is professor of theology and mission and dean of the School of Mission and Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Kärkkäinen’s five-volume magnum opus is probably the first major evangelical constructive theology this century which takes into account the religious, cultural, and ideological pluralities that the age of globalization has thrust upon us. This collection of wide-ranging essays is the first concerted attempt at critical engagement and it certainly will not be the last. For those unfamiliar with Kärkkäinen’s work, it also serves as an excellent point of entry.

• ForewordPeter C. Phan IntroductionPatrick Oden and Peter Goodwin HeltzelPart One. Exploring Kärkkäinen’s Project: Response to Method1.Kärkkäinen’s Christ and Reconciliation: An Appreciative ResponseJohn C. Peckham2.Affirmation and Critique: An Evangelical Appraisal of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s Trinity and RevelationSung Wook Chung3. Constructive Theology with an Eye to Creation and Humanity: Engaging Kärkkäinen’s Third Volume of A Constructive Theology for the Pluralistic WorldDaniel Castelo4.The Many Tongues of the Spirit? Interpreting Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s A Constructive Christian Theology for [a] Pluralistic WorldAmos Yong5.Where in the World is the Kingdom? An Antiracist Critique of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s Hope and CommunityPeter Goodwin Heltzel and Christian T. Collins WinnPart Two. Global Responses6.Engaging the Constructive Theology of Veli-Matti K?rkk?inen: On Christ, the Spirit, and “spirits” in African Reformed PerspectiveEsther E. Acolatse7.Liberationist