Preface

This book is one of the five volumes in the series titled A CONSTRUCTIVE CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY FOR THE PLURALISTIC WORLD. The goal of this series is to present a dynamic constructive Christian theology for the pluralistic world shaped by cultural, ethnic, sociopolitical, economic, and religious diversity, as well as the unprecedented influence of the sciences. While robustly Christian in its convictions, building on the deep and wide tradition of biblical, historical, philosophical, and contemporary systematic traditions, this project seeks to engage our present cultural and religious diversity in a way Christian theology has not done in the past. Although part of a larger series, each volume can still stand on its own feet, so to speak, and can be read as an individual work.