The Drama of Doctrine: A Canonical-Linguistic Approach to Christian TheologyObserving a strange disappearance of doctrine within the church, Kevin Vanhoozer argues that there is no more urgent task for Christians today than to engage in living truthfully with others before God. He details how doctrine serves the church--the theater of the gospel--by directing individuals and congregations to participate in the drama of what God is doing to renew all things in Jesus Christ. Taking his cue from George Lindbeck and others who locate the criteria of Christian identity in Spirit-led church practices, Vanhoozer relocates the norm for Christian doctrine in the canonical practices, which, he argues, both provoke and preserve the integrity of the church's witness as prophetic and apostolic. |
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... participate in the action of the principal players ( namely , Father , Son , and Spirit ) . Theatrical beholding overcomes the theory / praxis dichotomy , then , when it insists on audience participation . " 48 Thinking of doctrine in ...
... participate fittingly in the drama of redemption , and so to be true and faithful witnesses to God's incarnate wisdom . The canonical - linguistic approach to theology has as its goal the training of competent and truthful witnesses who ...
... participate in it too . Theology as Speech about God Barth's celebrated version of the theologian's job description effectively captures the scope of the challenge : " As ministers we ought to speak of God . We are human , however , and ...
... participate in the mis- sion and ministry of the gospel . The gospel is a mission statement in two senses . First , it is a statement of a mission , in the sense of the Latin term missio ( sending ) . The " descent " or entrance of ...
... participate in and continue the joint mission of Word and Spirit . Commissio The church does not send itself ; it is ... participating in God's mission to the world : " The Christian faith ... is intrinsically missionary . ' " 42 41 ...
Contents
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Theology as Dramaturgy | 243 |
Introducing the Dramaturge | 244 |
The theologian as Dramaturge | 246 |
Faithfulness as Dramatic Fittingness | 256 |
The CanonicalLinguistic Approach Part One Scientia | 265 |
A Postpropositionalist Theology | 266 |
A Postconservative Theology | 278 |
A Postfoundationalist Theory | 291 |
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III | 113 |
Word and Church The Canon as Covenant Document | 115 |
According to the Scriptures | 116 |
Why Turn to Canon? Problems and Possibilities | 120 |
How Scripture Constitutes the Church Canon as Criterion Why Scripture Rules | 133 |
Why Scripture Rules | 141 |
Scripture and Tradition Two or More Kinds of Performance Interpretation | 151 |
Ecclesiology as First Thelogy? | 154 |
The Interpretative Community Authors and Directs | 165 |
Divine Canonical Discourse | 176 |
The Interpretative Community Responds and Enacts | 179 |
Jesus Spirit Church Scripture and Tradition in Theodramatic Perspective | 187 |
The Church as Performance of the Spirit? | 189 |
Canon and the Prophetic Authority of Jesus Christ | 193 |
The Church as History of Canonical Effects | 199 |
The Rule of Faith as Canonical | 203 |
The Work of the Spirit in the Practices of the Canon | 211 |
Genres as Types of Social Action | 212 |
Canonical Practices and Forms of Convenantal Life | 216 |
Figuring and Praying the Scriptures | 220 |
The Canon as Sapiential Criterion | 226 |
IV | 231 |
V | 239 |
The CanonicalLinguistic Approach Part Two Sapientia | 307 |
A Prosaic Theology | 309 |
A Phronetic Theology | 324 |
A Prophetic Thelogy | 354 |
VI | 361 |
Doctrine Role Vocation The Actors Prepare | 363 |
Casting Calls RolePlaying Being Oneself | 364 |
From Character To Spiritual Formation | 369 |
Atonement and Union with Christ | 380 |
Being Real | 394 |
Doctrine and the Church The Company of the Gospel | 399 |
The Empty Space | 401 |
Playing Corpus Christi | 407 |
Interactive Theater as Communio | 413 |
A Theater of Martyrdom | 426 |
Acting in Parables | 441 |
Creeds Confessions and the PastorDirector Doctrine and Theology in the Theater of Congregational Action | 445 |
Pastoral Theology | 447 |
Creedal Theology | 449 |
Confessional Theology | 451 |
Congregational Theology | 453 |
Selected Bibliography | 459 |
Index of Names | 471 |
Index of Subjects | 477 |