How Would we Know what God is up to?

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978-1-77995-244-8

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978-1-77995-243-1

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978-1-77995-242-4

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doi.org/10.4102/aosis.2022.BK295

AOSIS Scholarly Domain

Theological and Religious Studies

Series Name

An Earthed Faith: Telling the Story amid the 'Anthropocene'

Series Number

Volume 2

How Would we Know what God is up to? is published by AOSIS Scholarly Books.

This second volume in the series on “An Earthed Faith” will address the following question: “Given what we know about the Anthropocene, how does one even begin to answer the question: What is this God up to, and how ought humans respond?” This is a question of theological method, including the sources and interlocutors of Christian theology, its aims and starting points, social theories shaping it, and presuppositions grounding it. Addressing this question is the classic task of doing contextual theology, namely describing and analysing a particular context and considering how this context may best be addressed theologically and practically. The question highlights the need for prophetic theology to discern the “signs of the time”, to recognise a “moment of truth” (Kairos) and to discern counter-movements of the Spirit. The question of method opens the door to constructive critique of how theology has been done and should be done.

Since we live on a ‘planet in peril’, this proposed ecotheology summa is both timely and significant. This book and the series as a whole engage the perennial themes of systematic Christian theology from the perspective of the multiple strands of ecological reflection. I look forward to reading all the volumes of the ‘‘An Earthed Faith: Telling the Story amid the “Anthropocene”’ book series.

Prof. Susan Rakoczy, St. Joseph’s Theological Institute, Cedara, South Africa

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