Leading theologian Graham Ward presents a stimulating series of reflections on Christ and contemporary culture.
Takes as its starting point Niebuhr’s famous volume on ‘Christ and Culture’ published in the 1970s
Explores representations of Christ from sources as diverse as the New Testament and twentieth-century continental philosophy
Considers Christ and culture in the light of contemporary categories such as the body, gender, desire, politics and the sublime
Develops an original and imaginative Christology rooted in Scriptural exegesis and concerned with today’s cultural issues
The author has been described as ‘the most visionary theologian of his generation’.
About the Author
Graham Ward is Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at the University of Manchester. His previous books include Barth, Derrida and the Language of Theology (1995), Theology and Contemporary Critical Theory (1996), The Postmodern God (Blackwell, 1997), Radical Orthodoxy (1998), The Certeau Reader (Blackwell, 1999), Cities of God (2000), The Blackwell Companion to Postmodern Theology (Blackwell, 2001), True Religion (Blackwell, 2002) and Cultural Transformation and Religious Practice (2004).
Features
A stimulating series of reflections on Christ and contemporary culture
Takes as its starting point Niebuhr’s famous volume on ‘Christ and Culture’ published in the 1970s
Explores representations of Christ from sources as diverse as the New Testament and twentieth-century continental philosophy
Considers Christ and culture in the light of contemporary categories such as the body, gender, desire, politics and the sublime
Develops an original and imaginative Christology rooted in Scriptural exegesis and concerned with today’s cultural issues
The author has been described as ‘the most visionary theologian of his generation’.
