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Highlights
- For 50 years, John B. Cobb, Jr. has been teaching readers that theology is not confined to biblical and doctrinal exegesis but rightly includes economics, politics, education, and science.
- Author(s): John B Cobb
- 212 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christianity
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About the Book
In these pages, a "here I stand" near the end of a long and prestigious career, preeminent process theologian John B. Cobb, Jr. declares his faith, tells us his view of the world, names the dangers we face, and urges us to act.
Book Synopsis
For 50 years, John B. Cobb, Jr. has been teaching readers that theology is not confined to biblical and doctrinal exegesis but rightly includes economics, politics, education, and science. His prophetic warnings about climate change date back to the early 1970s; his critiques of higher education and American foreign policy are incisive. But for all the pertinence of his views, Cobb has refrained from giving them full expression-until now. In the preface to this book, which he aptly names his "confession," Cobb writes:
"My original intention was to write this manuscript primarily for myself. I felt that all my previous writings were written from the perspective of, or directed to, the church community, the theological community, the process community, or a particular organization. I did not state anything in those writings that I do not believe, but not everything that I believe came to expression. My personal priorities were not often clearly expressed.
"Before I died, I wanted to write once to state, if only for myself, what I really felt most keenly about, without worrying about whom I might offend. That primary concern has, for many years, been the global crises and the policies of my own country that, on the whole, speed up the move to the destruction of civilization and the physical world that supports life. I have felt called by Jesus' Abba to do what I could for the healthy survival of the biosphere and for an ecological civilization for humans."
In these pages, a "here I stand" near the end of a long and prestigious career, Cobb declares his faith, tells us his view of the world, names the dangers we face, and urges us to act.
Review Quotes
John Cobb, world-renowned author and speaker, here commits to saying what he really thinks. Bluntly addressing the most urgent issues of our age, this book makes for intense reading. Readers will disagree with Cobb at important points, as I also do. But that's the point: this is a call to think deep, gather evidence, take a position, and live it out boldly in the world. I urge you to follow this call by "a disciple of Jesus" to radical discipleship―from Abba to ecological civilization. Philip Clayton, Claremont School of Theology and EcoCiv.org