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Hans Kueng
In 1993 Hans Kung celebrated his 65th birthday and to mark the occasion a substantial volume was presented to him: not so much the usual Festschrift as a 'workbook' on…
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Walter Jens,Karl-Josef Kuschel,Hans Kung
The lectures collected in this volume shed some fascinating light on Hans Kung’s career and present a moving picture of one of the greatest theologians of our time.
Professor Hans Kung
This is a translation of Woran man sich halten kann
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From his position of intellectual freedom, as an independent Professor at the University of Tubingen, Kung is free to analyse the mistakes of the past and to sketch out a…
Surveys the historical stages of each world religion and analyses their major paradigms and paradigm shifts. This work attempts to understand the religions, in both text and pictures, and discusses…
An important and comprehensive work on the crucial issues of reform facing the Catholic Church today.
Gives a frank account of the first four decades of his life. Of his youth and his decision to become a priest; his doubts as he studied; and his experiences…
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Hans Kung
The fact cannot be overlooked that we are in the midst of a sociological crisis of orientation on the grand scale. New problems and needs have become insistent, new fears…
For Hans Kung, as for many other people, something can sometimes appear in Mozart’s music which goes beyond the human dimension and gives intimations of a bliss which transcends even…
One of the great classics of twentieth-century theology.
When it first appeared, in Germany i 1970 and in Britain in 1971, this books sparked off the greatest theological debate since the Second Vatican Council and finally caused the…
Kung assesses the teachings and writings of the men whom he deems to be the greatest Christian thinkers of the past two millennia, discussing the significance of each thinker’s work…
In this extraordinary comprehensive book, Hans Kung gives an in-depth account of Islam, explaining why peace between religions is important.
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For anyone concerned about the world we are creating, this book, written by one of the most important living theologians, offers a cautionary look at the coming global society.
Now, forty years since its original publication, Hans Kung’s groundbreaking study–acclaimed as a model for ecumenical discussion–has become a classic work. Looking at the doctrine of justification as understood by…
In a theological study of Mozart’s music, Kung discusses the composer’s Catholic background–something that, surprisingly, has hardly been treated by scholars–and reveals, among other things, the possibility of a new…
In this extraordinary book, the controversial and profoundly influential Hans Kung chronicles the Roman Catholic Church’s role as a world power throughout history. Along the way, he examines the great…
In this small, lucid gem of a book, the controversial Swiss theologian Hans Kung offers his thoughtful explanation of what the ancient profession of Christian faith can mean for us…
A distinguished and sometimes controversial Catholic theologian describes all aspects of Christian living in the last half of the twentieth century.
This illuminating historical and theological argument is an essential work for anyone wishing to understand the major changes that are inexorably altering the face of modern world religions.
The Catholic Church has been nearly destroyed by its resistance to change, censured for its abuses. Pope Francis has promised reform: radical theologian Hans Kung here presents what Catholics have…
If one sets aside all scientific knowledge and learning, all formal theological language and skilful construction of theories, what remains as the core of faith? What do we need for…
Alrah L.M. Pitchers
No-one can read christology today without reference to the work of Hans Kueng. But has Kueng been widely misunderstood? Alrah L.M. Pitchers maintains that he has, and offers a critique…
Provides a picture of the Church’s theological image as expressed in the historical forms it has taken through the centuries from the present day back to its origins. The book…
Swiss-German theologian Kung planned this massive synthesis of Christian history and systematic theology as a sequel to his On Being Christian (1976) and as a companion to Judaism (Crossroad, 1992)…
An introduction to theologians who greatly affected Christian thought includes portraits of Paul, Origen, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Karl Barth.
Hans Kung,Edward Quinn
Is there life after death? This most universal of questions has puzzled and challenged every generation of men and women. If there is eternal life how do we start to…
Hans Kung’s Global Responsiblity, published in 1991, marked an important new stage in his work. On the one hand it led to his magisterial books on Judaism and Christianity, and…
Argues that religion and science are not mutually exclusive but complementary. This book deals with an array of scientific precepts and teachings. It seeks to reconcile theology with scientific insights…
Hans; Ess Kung
Kung joins with three esteemed colleagues to address the question: Can we break through the barriers of noncommunication, fear, and mistrust that separate the followers of the world’s great religions…
C. Simut
The book presents the transition from traditionalism to modernism in connection to two of Kung’s most important books on ecclesiology: Structures of the Church (1962) as representing Kung’s traditional theology…
Irreplaceable as a reference to where Catholic theology is at any given moment, Concilium maps the state of the most pressing questions with solid contributions from leading theologians and cutting…
Aleksi Kuokkanen,Aleksi Kuokkanen
Inspired by the Catholic theologian Hans Kung, this book searches for a model for global ethics by analysing the contemporary philosophical discussion. It demonstrates that the Western model is unable…
Mitten im Aufbruch des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils grundete im Jahr 1964 Hans Kung in Tubingen das erste Institut fur Okumenische Forschung im deutschsprachigen Raum. Es hat die Impulse des Konzils…
Hans Kung,Walter Homolka
In today’s world of unrest, we need shared ethical will, moral force and energy among the world’s religious traditions. Shows how the overarching message of Judaism-just action as a guiding…
Professor Hans Kung (Global Ethics Foundation)
Originally published: Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1980.
Jenny Enssle
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Praktische (Ethik, AEsthetik, Kultur, Natur, Recht, …), Katholische Hochschule Freiburg, ehem. Katholische Fachhochschule Freiburg im Breisgau, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Projekt…
John A Moses
In this collection of essays the author combines the critical eye of a professional historian wth the passion of a dismayed churchman in his analysis of the current malaise of…
Thorsten Scholz
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Theologie - Systematische Theologie, Note: 1-, Christian-Albrechts-Universitat Kiel (Systematik), Veranstaltung: Religion und Geschichte bei Ernst Troeltsch, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ernst Troeltsch veroeffentlichte 1902…
Shih-Kung Lai (Tongji University, China),Haoying Han
Based on the emergent paradigm of complexity, the book provides an innovative set of arguments about how we can gain a better understanding of how cities emerge and function through…
Hans-Hermann Schmidt
Als im 11. Jahrhundert unter dem Sung-Kaiser Shen-tsung verschiedene wichtige Militartexte - von denen Sun-tzu, die Kriegskunst des Meister Sun, der bekannteste ist - zu den -Sieben Militarklassikern- zusammengestellt wurden…
Hermann Haering
Over the years Hans Kung’‘s books have been r ead by millions thoughout the world. This study by a former student & colleague of Kung, offers a guide to all…
