{"id":23935,"date":"2026-04-06T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/km7.a6a.mytemp.website\/journal\/veli-matti-karkkainen-constructive-christian-theology-for-the-pluralistic-world\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:55:00","slug":"veli-matti-karkkainen-constructive-christian-theology-for-the-pluralistic-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/km7.a6a.mytemp.website\/journal\/veli-matti-karkkainen-constructive-christian-theology-for-the-pluralistic-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Veli-Matti Karkkainen: Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World"},"content":{"rendered":"

All five volumes of Veli-Matti K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen\u2019s series, A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, were reviewed by Stephen M. Vantassel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Veli-Matti K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen is Professor of Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the publisher:<\/p>\n

K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen’s Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World is a five-volume project that aims to develop a new approach to and method of doing Christian theology in our pluralistic world at the beginning of the third millennium. Topics such as diversity, inclusivity, violence, power, cultural hybridity, and justice are part of the constructive theological discussion along with classical topics such as the messianic consciousness, incarnation, atonement, and the person of Christ.<\/p>\n

With the metaphor of hospitality serving as the framework for his discussion, K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen engages Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism in sympathetic and critical mutual dialogue while remaining robustly Christian in his convictions. Never before has a full-scale doctrinal theology been attempted in such a wide and deep dialogical mode.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nFrom the Winter 2016 issue<\/a>
\nVolume 1: Christ and Reconciliation
\nVeli-Matti K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen, Christ and Reconciliation<\/a><\/em>, A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World series, Volume 1 (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2013), 467 pages, ISBN 9780802868534.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nFrom the Winter 2018 issue<\/a>
\nVolume 2: Trinity and Revelation
\nVeli-Matti K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen, Trinity and Revelation<\/a><\/em>, A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, Volume 2 (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014), 486 pages, ISBN 9780802868541.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nFrom the Fall 2018 issue<\/a>
\nVolume 3: Creation and Humanity
\nVeli-Matti K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen, Creation and Humanity<\/a><\/em>, A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, Volume 3 (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2015), pages x+554.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nFrom the Spring 2020 issue<\/a>
\nVolume 4: Spirit and Salvation
\nVeli-Matti K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen, Spirit and Salvation<\/a><\/em>, A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, Volume 4 (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2016), xi+498 pages, ISBN 9780802868565.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nFrom the Summer 2020 issue<\/a>
\nVolume 5: Hope and Community
\nVeli-Matti K\u00e4rkk\u00e4inen, Hope and Community<\/a><\/em>, A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, Volume 5 (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Press, 2017), x+574 pages with indices.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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