Theological Fragments: Essays in Unsystematic Theology (Hardcover)

This book demonstrates a way of doing theology, which claims to see no more than 'puzzling reflections in a mirror', so that it reveals the promised face-to-face understanding of God. This book of essays hopes to show that there is an important place today for a modest and unsystematic theology, consisting of 'theological fragments' rather than some grand theory. These theological fragments arise from and relate to specific situations, problems, contexts and communities. Such a theology hopes to contribute to illumining what is going on and challenging to constructive and faithful practice today. Here, Duncan Forrester asks: what do the practices of Christian worship have to teach us about ethics? How can a word of reconciliation be heard in Northern Ireland? How do Dachau and the Rwanda genocide affect how we understand the Church? And, are the modern mass media a threat or an opportunity for Christian communication?