- Author
- Oden, Thomas C.
- Publisher
- Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN
- ISBN
- 687020034
- Table of Contents
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Foreword by Richard John Neuhaus
ch. 1 Introit: Affectionate Anguish
ch. 2 Overture: The Feast I Left
ch. 3 Interlude: The Feast I Missed
ch. 4 Allegro: The Feast I Did Not Expect
ch. 5 Postlude: The Young Fogeys
Appendix A: Can a Goddess Be Politically Correct?
Appendix B: Case Study: Is Anything at All Incompatible with Christian Teaching?
Appendix C: Documents of Ancient Ecumenical Orthodoxy
Appendix D: Postmodern Paleo-orthodox Writers: An Expanding List
Index
In a post-liberal critique of the mainline establishment, Oden identifies the failures of contemporary theological education and its accompanying ideology, maps out the ultra-liberalization of church bureaucracies and special interest politics, and calls for a return to classical Christian theological roots and categories.