What is the enlightenment? What historical events are behind its rise, and why is it important for christian theology.
Who are the main avocates of deism, and what did they believe about God and the world.
How did the Enlightenment emphases on reason and autonomy affect the manner in which history is conducted in the modern period ?
Who are the “masters of suspicion,” and why are they critical of christianity?
How are the three theological responses to modernity characterized?
What is fundamentalism? Why is it not actually traditional ?
How did Friedrich Schleiermacher reformulate Christian theology?
Why was G.W.F Hegel attractive to Christian theologians ?
What is Liberal Protestant Theology?
Why did Karl Barth reject Liberal Protestant theology, and what did he offer as an alternative?
What is Emst Troelstch’s view of history, and how does wolfhart pannenberg respond?
How do Catholic thinkers such as John Henry Newman, Karl Ranner, and Hans Urs von Balthasar respond to modernity?
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