On Being a Christian
On Being a Christian / Küng, Hans ; Translated by: Quinn, Edward
London: Collins, 1974. —
ББК 230.042 / Kun / 1977
Зміст:
Contents
List of Abbreviations -- pg.15
Translator’s Foreword -- pg.17
Those for whom this book is written -- pg.19
A. THE HORIZON -- pg.23
I. The Challenge of Modem Humanisms -- pg.25
II. The Other Dimension -- pg.57
III. The Challenge of the World Religions -- pg.89
B. THE DISTINCTION -- pg.117
I. What Is Special to Christianity? -- pg.119
II. The Real Christ -- pg.145
III. Christianity and Judaism -- pg.166
C. THE PROGRAM -- pg.175
I. The Social Context -- pg.177
II. Gods Came -- pg.214
III. Man’s Cause -- pg.249
IV. The Conflict -- pg.278
V. The New Life -- pg.343
VI. Interpretations -- pg.411
VII. Community of Faith -- pg.463
PRACTICE -- pg.511
I. The Practice of the Church -- pg.514
II. Being Human and Being Christian -- pg.530
III. Being Christian as Being Radically Human -- pg.554
Basic Theological Literature -- pg.603
Notes
Section A -- pg.607
Section В -- pg.620
Section C -- pg.630
Section D -- pg.678
Index -- pg.688
Анотація:
Why should one be a Christian? Is there something more to being a Christian than to being human? Just what does it mean to be a Christian and what does it mean to be a Christian now?
Hans Kling, one of today's greatest theologians, looks at these questions and out of a lifetime of study suggests the answers. He looks carefully at the evidence of the Bible, at the challenges of modern humanisms and of the world-religions, at the questions concerning death, at the local and the universal church, at the individual's own personal decisions, and at the freedom that Christianity brings, including the freedom to serve.
The result is a vital and important statement about what it means to be a Christian. Written for both the scholar and the educated layman it will be one of the most discussed religious books of the decade.
Hans Kung himself has said of this book, which he regards as his magnum opus, that it intends 'to clarify and challenge Christian faith and life at a time when the churches have unfortunately lost rather than gained in credibility. It seeks to bring to light for this present time the original Christian message and particularly the figure of Jesus of Nazareth'.