Contents
Preface to the English edition: The painful advent of the Arab Christ
Introduction
Part One: Setting and Underlying Assumptions for a Theology of Conviviality
1. The Problem of Context
Lebanese human realities and their sociopolitical implications
The different elements of ecclesiastical life
2. The challenges of a problematic political theology
The political struggles of the Christian faith: causes and challenges
Lebanese political life as a forum for theological rehabilitation
Towards a realistic political utopia
The problem of the teaching of theology
The history of theological thinking in Lebanon
The teaching of theology at university level in Lebanon: the current situation
Challenges and opportunities for the future of theology in Lebanon
4. The beginnings of a contemporary Arab Christian theology
The crisis in current Arab theological thinking
Sketching out a contextual Arab theology
The conditions that might enable a new Arab contextual theology
Part Two: The Theology of Conviviality: Pathways and Models
1. The Abrahamic heritage
Towards a new Christian theology of Islam
The new theological vocation of Arab Christians
2. The Ishmaelian fraternity
Islam in the calling of Ishmael
Towards a Christian theological understanding of Islam
3. The divine economy as the foundation for conviviality
Georges Khodr’s theological thinking and his fundamental assumptions
The unicity of divine love as foundation for an Arab theology of conviviality
Towards a Christ-inspired Islam: a new theology of Otherness
Arab Christianity and conviviality
The opportunities and limitations of a re-examined inclusivist theology
4 Liberation: the site of fraternity
The preferential option of Christian radicalism
Towards an Arab theology of liberation
A liberated and liberating Christology
5. The vocation of an Arab theology of conviviality
Developing a new foundation for conviviality
Lebanese conviviality: distinctiveness, challenges and promises
The authentic human, the promised land of conviviality
Conclusion