Description
In Finding All Things In God, Hans Gustafson proposes pansacramentalism as holding the potential to find the divine in all things and all things in the divine. Such a proposition carries significant interreligious implications, particularly in the practice of theology. Presupposing theological practice as divorced from spirituality (lived religious experience), Gustafson presents pansacramentalism as a bridge between the two. In so doing, Gustafson offers a history of spirituality, sketching the foundations of a classical approach to sacramentality (through Aquinas) as well as a contemporary approach to the same (through Rahner and Chauvet). Through three fascinating case studies, this book presents particular instances of sacramentality in lived religious experience. Gustafson offers an exciting method of 'doing theology', one which is entirely compatible with the interdisciplinary field of interreligious studies.
About the Author
Hans Gustafson is the associate director of the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) and the College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University (Minnesota) where he teaches in the theology departments.
Reviews
"To the religious world that has long suffered the split of theology and spirituality, Gustafson offers a very original and very persuasive attempt to reunite the two in terms of a pansacramental approach, a liturgical mediation between the two, and presents, in the process, a wealth of insights from Aquinas, Rahner, Chauvet, Merton, Nicholas Black Elk, Dostoevsky, and Wendell Berry. ... I heartily recommend the book." -Anselm K. Min, Professor of Religion, Department of Religion, Claremont Graduate University "In this tour de force, Gustafson unleashes the deeper meanings of symbol and sacrament to reunite theological reflection and spiritual living. Deeply Christian and deeply interreligious, his pansacramentalism destabilizes traditional dichotomies and radically expands the realm of the sacred. A must-read for all who are interested in the future of constructive theology." -Philip Clayton, author of Transforming Christian Theology 'We can be grateful for this important book, which not only raises the caution, but also offers a way of mediating the split between theology and spirituality. Additionally, Gustafson's pansacramentalism holds the potential to provide a theological foundation from which to fund inter-religious conversations, given its view that all things, including religions, are in God sacramentally.' Khay Tham Nehemiah Lim, The Expository Times, Volume 129, Number 12, September 2018 Gustafson does an excellent job in presenting a well-researched and intriguing volume, spending extended time with the possible overlaps of Lakotah, Hindu, Jewish, and Catholic theology. Gustafson offers a thoughtful and intriguing argument about the possibility and practice of interreligious theology. Micah Hogan,Theological Book Review online, January 2021 "provocative and wide-ranging" Thomas Creedy, The Global Anglican, Autumn 2021
Book Information
ISBN 9780718894900
Author Hans Gustafson
Format Paperback
Page Count 356
Imprint Lutterworth Press
Publisher James Clarke & Co Ltd
Weight(grams) 521g
About the Author
Hans Gustafson is the associate director of the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) and the College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University (Minnesota) where he teaches in the theology departments.
Reviews
"To the religious world that has long suffered the split of theology and spirituality, Gustafson offers a very original and very persuasive attempt to reunite the two in terms of a pansacramental approach, a liturgical mediation between the two, and presents, in the process, a wealth of insights from Aquinas, Rahner, Chauvet, Merton, Nicholas Black Elk, Dostoevsky, and Wendell Berry. ... I heartily recommend the book." -Anselm K. Min, Professor of Religion, Department of Religion, Claremont Graduate University "In this tour de force, Gustafson unleashes the deeper meanings of symbol and sacrament to reunite theological reflection and spiritual living. Deeply Christian and deeply interreligious, his pansacramentalism destabilizes traditional dichotomies and radically expands the realm of the sacred. A must-read for all who are interested in the future of constructive theology." -Philip Clayton, author of Transforming Christian Theology 'We can be grateful for this important book, which not only raises the caution, but also offers a way of mediating the split between theology and spirituality. Additionally, Gustafson's pansacramentalism holds the potential to provide a theological foundation from which to fund inter-religious conversations, given its view that all things, including religions, are in God sacramentally.' Khay Tham Nehemiah Lim, The Expository Times, Volume 129, Number 12, September 2018 Gustafson does an excellent job in presenting a well-researched and intriguing volume, spending extended time with the possible overlaps of Lakotah, Hindu, Jewish, and Catholic theology. Gustafson offers a thoughtful and intriguing argument about the possibility and practice of interreligious theology. Micah Hogan,Theological Book Review online, January 2021 "provocative and wide-ranging" Thomas Creedy, The Global Anglican, Autumn 2021
Book Information
ISBN 9780718894900
Author Hans Gustafson
Format Paperback
Page Count 356
Imprint Lutterworth Press
Publisher James Clarke & Co Ltd
Weight(grams) 521g
