This book will focus on religious matters in their contemporary context. The volume will be topical, with analysis of such diverse areas as religion and the cinema and the current global increase in fundamentalist religions. The proposed chapters are as follows: What is theology? What is the contemporary role of theology? Semper Reformanda - The nature and purpose of the church today; Worship; The Church in the World; Theology and Politics; Democracy: What does Christianity tell us? God and Evil: How does certitude relate to morality? Christianity amongst other religions; Fundamentalism - history and development; and, The Gospel and Visual Culture.
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Focuses on religious matters in their contemporary context. This book offers an analysis of areas such as religion and the cinema and the global increase in fundamentalist religions. It contains chapters such as What is theology? What is the contemporary role of theology? Semper Reformanda - The nature and purpose of the church today; and others.
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Dr. Robert Pope is an established UWP author based at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Wales, Bangor. He is series editor of UWP's Bangor History of Religion Series.

Product details

ISBN
9780708320822
Published
2007-05-14
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Height
216 mm
Width
138 mm
Age
UU, UP, 05
Language
Product language
Walisisk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Author

Biographical note

Dr Robert Pope is Reader in Theology in the University of Wales: Trinity St David, based at Lampeter, Wales, UK.