Theological Territories: A David Bentley Hart Digest

Publishers Weekly Best Book in Religion 2020Foreword Reviews INDIES Book of the Year Award ReligionIn Theological Territories David Bentley Hart one of Americas most eminent contemporary writers on religion reflects on the state of theology at the borders of other fields of discourse―metaphysics philosophy of mind science the arts ethics and biblical hermeneutics in particular. The book advances many of Harts larger theological projects developing and deepening numerous dimensions of his previous work. Theological Territories constitutes something of a manifesto regarding the manner in which theology should engage other fields of concern and scholarship.The essays are divided into five sections on the nature of theology the relations between theology and science the connections between gospel and culture literary representations of and engagements with transcendence and the New Testament. Hart responds to influential books theologians philosophers and poets including Rowan Williams Jean-Luc Marion Tomáš Halík Sergei Bulgakov Jennifer Newsome Martin and David Jones among others. The twenty-six chapters are drawn from live addresses delivered in various settings. Most of the material has never been printed before and those parts that have appear here in expanded form. Throughout these essays show how Harts mind works with the academic veneer of more formal pieces stripped away. The book will appeal to both academic and non-academic readers interested in the place of theology in the modern world.