Radical Orthodoxy: Annual Review I

Synopsis: The Radical Orthodoxy Annual Review examines emerging agendas in contemporary theology and philosophy. Today in an era of biotechnology and a growing ecological consciousness it is rapidly becoming clear that the key question for our times is how to make sense of the nature and significance of life. In this the inaugural edition of the Review some of todays most influential and important thinkers address this issue through wide-ranging discussion of the way in which life is currently being redefined in the work of orthodox theologians and philosophers. In so doing they show the extent to which contemporary theology and philosophy are helping us to make better of sense of the natural world the human body contemporary techno-science as well as the possibility of a living transcendence--allowing us to see why theology and philosophy remain absolutely crucial to any attempt to understand the current state of the modern world and its likely future development. Endorsements: The present essays undertake a conversation the importance of which is impossible to exaggerate. . . . They direct us beyond liberal modernitys form of the self-possessive and its homelessness to a created world centered in liturgy and community. --David L. Schindler Professor of Fundamental Theology John Paul II Institute The Catholic University of America Author Biography: Neil Turnbull is Principal Lecturer in Philosophy at Nottingham Trent University UK. He has published widely in the areas of Philosophy and Social Theory. He is currently the editor of the journal Radical Orthodoxy: Theology Philosophy Politics.