Edward Schillebeeckx and Contemporary Theology

European and North American theologians explore the thought of Dominican theologian Schillebeeckx (1914-2009) in terms of the question of God in modernity, the social role of theology, the dialogue between the religions, suffering and experiences of negative contrast, church and tradition in an age of globalization and liquidization, philosophy and theology, and the past and future of his theological project. Among their topics are the challenge of atheism for theology in the 21st century, inter-religious dialogue from an intercultural feminist perspective, women's experience of negative contrast and Christology, and the church with a human face. The 17 papers are from a December 2008 symposium in Leuven, the Netherlands. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Lieven Boeve is professor of fundamental theology at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), where he currently also serves as Dean of the Faculty and as the co-ordinator of the Research Group Theology in a Postmodern Context. His research concerns theological epistemology, philosophical theology, truth in faith and theology, tradition development and hermeneutics. He is the author of Interrupting Tradition. An Essay on Christian Faith in a Postmodern Context (2003) and God Interrupts History. Theology in a Time of Upheaval (2007). He has co-edited various volumes, of which the most recent are: Augustine and Postmodern Thought: A New Alliance against Modernity? (2009) and Orthodoxy: Process and Product (2009). From 2005 till 2009 he served as president of the European Society for Catholic Theology.

Dr Frederiek Depoortere is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation — Flanders (FWO) at the Faculty of Theology, K.U.Leuven (Belgium) and a member of the research group 'Theology in a Postmodern Context'.