The Craft of Innovative Theology

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The Craft of Innovative Theology: Argument and Process is a specialised resource aimed at theology students, guiding them through the preparation and writing of creative, research-oriented theological material. Featuring a curated collection of essays by esteemed scholars, it explores diverse theological themes such as theodicy, evolution, and artificial intelligence in relation to baptism. Each contribution is introduced and annotated to highlight the author’s methodology and style, providing a clear model of elegant and innovative theological writing.

The book covers significant topics including the Incarnation and religious pluralism, church issues like racial stigma and the debate over baptising artificial intelligence, the relationship between God and the world with attention to evolution, and ethical questions around sin and responsibility.
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Ideal for postgraduate theology students and those enrolled in research methods courses, particularly individuals preparing to write a Masters thesis or develop a PhD dissertation in theology. Also suitable for academic libraries supporting advanced theological study.

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A comprehensive collection of resources showing students of theology how to prepare and write creative research-oriented material.

The Craft of Innovative Theology: Argument and Process delivers a thorough examination of the method of producing and writing creative theological theses and projects, explaining to students how to write elegant, innovative research-oriented articles. Through a collection of papers written by distinguished scholars, the text exhibits numerous examples of well-executed creative writing on topics as varied as theodicy and evolution, and artificial intelligence and baptism.

Each article includes an introduction by the editor that serves to guide the student through the material and elucidates what makes the work stand out as exceptional. The articles are also annotated to assist with the appreciation of the methodology and style used by the author. The Craft of Innovative Theology assists theology students in improving their research writing to a point where they’ll be ready for a Masters’ thesis or PhD dissertation, and is an excellent resource for a research methods course in a graduate program.

The works incorporated by the editors include:

A thorough introduction to God and the Incarnation, including knowing God through religious pluralism.
An exploration of God and church, including racial stigma and the southern Baptist public discourse in the twentieth century, and the appropriateness of baptising artificial intelligence.
A discussion of God and the world, including where humanity has come from and where we’re going, and the challenges posed by biological evolution to Christian theology.
A treatment of God and ethics, including sin and the faces of responsibility.

Perfect for students of postgraduate theology and research methods courses, The Craft of Innovative Theology: Argument and Process will also earn a place in the libraries of students in courses that prepare them to write a Masters’ thesis in theology or to begin shaping their PhD dissertation topic.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781119601555

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 January 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

Edited by Ian S. Markham
Edited by John Allan Knight
Edited by Ian S. Markham
Edited by Ian S. Markham

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 252.0mm

Weight: 567g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

John Allan Knight is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Marist College, where he teaches courses in religion and the U.S. Constitution, philosophy of religion, religion and politics, and a number of other religious studies courses. He holds degrees from Southern Nazarene University, George Washington University Law School, and the University of Chicago. Knight is the author of Liberalism vs. Postliberalism: The Great Divide in Twentieth Century Theology (2012), and a number of articles in both scholarly and popular journals. He is currently working on a book on religious freedom and the nature of religious claims.

Ian S. Markham is the Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary and a priest in the Episcopal Church. He has degrees from King's College London, the University of Cambridge, and a PhD from the University of Exeter. He is the author of numerous books, including Against Atheism: Why Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris are Fundamentally Wrong (Wiley Blackwell, 2010), The New Apologetics (2020), A Theology of Engagement (Blackwell, 2003), Truth and the Reality of God (1998), and Plurality and Christian Ethics (1994).