Theology and Culture

by D. Stephen Long and Stephen D. Long

How can we speak about God without assuming that God is nothing but our own speaking, nothing but our culture's effort to name what cannot be named? How can we deny that our speaking of God is always culturally located? To answer these questions, we need to pay close attention to what we mean by culture, and how we use this very complex term both in our everyday language and especially in the language of faith. Culture is an exceedingly complex term...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155635052X
• ISBN13: 9781556350528
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Great introduction

This seemed a very understandable and concise introduction to the matter of theology and culture. If anything, it would err on the side of being too brief, but each section offers plenty of references to other major texts for further illumination. Highly recommended.