Murray Rae
Murray Rae Professor of Theology at the University of Otago in New Zealand where I teach courses in Christian Theology and Theological Ethics. His varied research interests include the work of Søren Kierkegaard, theological ethics, theology and architecture, the theological interpretation of Scripture, and Māori Engagements with Christianity
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Christian faith among Māori changed from Māori receiving the missionary endeavours of Pākehā settlers, to the development of indigenous expressions of Christian faith, partnerships between Māori and Pākehā in the mainline churches, and the emergence of Destiny Church.
The book looks at the growth, development and adaptation of Christian faith among Māori people and considers how that development has helped shape New Zealand identity and society. It explores questions of theology, historical development, socio-cultural influence and change, and the outcomes of Pākehā interactions with Māori.
Polanyi's sustained explorations of the nature of human knowing open a range of questions and themes of profound importance for theology. He insists on the need to recover the categories of faith and belief in accounting for the way we know and points to the importance of tradition and the necessity sometimes of conversion in order to learn the truth of things. These themes are explored along with Polanyi's social and political thought, his anthropology, his hermeneutics, and his conception of truth. Several of the essays set Polanyi alongside the work of other thinkers, particularly Karl Barth, Lesslie Newbigin, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and René Girard, and they discuss points of comparison and contrast between the respective figures. While all the essays are appreciative of Polanyi's contribution, they do not shy away from critical analysis--and take further, therefore, the critical appreciation of Polanyi's work.
Christian faith among Māori changed from Māori receiving the missionary endeavours of Pākehā settlers, to the development of indigenous expressions of Christian faith, partnerships between Māori and Pākehā in the mainline churches, and the emergence of Destiny Church.
The book looks at the growth, development and adaptation of Christian faith among Māori people and considers how that development has helped shape New Zealand identity and society. It explores questions of theology, historical development, socio-cultural influence and change, and the outcomes of Pākehā interactions with Māori.
This book explores a vital yet often neglected aspect of Christian confession – the essential relationship between the nature of salvation and the character of the God who saves. In what ways does God’s saving outreach reflect God’s character? How might a Christian depiction of salvation best bear witness to these features? What difference might it make to start with the identity of God as encountered in the gospel, then view everything else in the light of that? In addressing these questions, this book offers fresh appraisals of a range of major themes in theology: the nature of creaturely existence; the relationship between divine purposes and material history; the holiness, love and judgement of God; the atoning work of Jesus Christ; election, justification and the nature of faith; salvation outside the church; human and non-human ends; the nature of eschatological fellowship with God.
In looking at these issues in the light of God’s identity, the authors offer a stimulating and tightly-argued reassessment of what a Christian theology of salvation ought to resemble, and asks what the implications might be for Christian life and witness in the world today.
Papers by Murray Rae
Christian faith among Māori changed from Māori receiving the missionary endeavours of Pākehā settlers, to the development of indigenous expressions of Christian faith, partnerships between Māori and Pākehā in the mainline churches, and the emergence of Destiny Church.
The book looks at the growth, development and adaptation of Christian faith among Māori people and considers how that development has helped shape New Zealand identity and society. It explores questions of theology, historical development, socio-cultural influence and change, and the outcomes of Pākehā interactions with Māori.
Polanyi's sustained explorations of the nature of human knowing open a range of questions and themes of profound importance for theology. He insists on the need to recover the categories of faith and belief in accounting for the way we know and points to the importance of tradition and the necessity sometimes of conversion in order to learn the truth of things. These themes are explored along with Polanyi's social and political thought, his anthropology, his hermeneutics, and his conception of truth. Several of the essays set Polanyi alongside the work of other thinkers, particularly Karl Barth, Lesslie Newbigin, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and René Girard, and they discuss points of comparison and contrast between the respective figures. While all the essays are appreciative of Polanyi's contribution, they do not shy away from critical analysis--and take further, therefore, the critical appreciation of Polanyi's work.
Christian faith among Māori changed from Māori receiving the missionary endeavours of Pākehā settlers, to the development of indigenous expressions of Christian faith, partnerships between Māori and Pākehā in the mainline churches, and the emergence of Destiny Church.
The book looks at the growth, development and adaptation of Christian faith among Māori people and considers how that development has helped shape New Zealand identity and society. It explores questions of theology, historical development, socio-cultural influence and change, and the outcomes of Pākehā interactions with Māori.
This book explores a vital yet often neglected aspect of Christian confession – the essential relationship between the nature of salvation and the character of the God who saves. In what ways does God’s saving outreach reflect God’s character? How might a Christian depiction of salvation best bear witness to these features? What difference might it make to start with the identity of God as encountered in the gospel, then view everything else in the light of that? In addressing these questions, this book offers fresh appraisals of a range of major themes in theology: the nature of creaturely existence; the relationship between divine purposes and material history; the holiness, love and judgement of God; the atoning work of Jesus Christ; election, justification and the nature of faith; salvation outside the church; human and non-human ends; the nature of eschatological fellowship with God.
In looking at these issues in the light of God’s identity, the authors offer a stimulating and tightly-argued reassessment of what a Christian theology of salvation ought to resemble, and asks what the implications might be for Christian life and witness in the world today.
In the podcast, CTI Joshua Mauldin interviews Murray Rae (University of Otago, New Zealand), Thomas Barrie (North Carolina State University), and Julio Bermudez (Catholic University of America) about the vision, nature, and potential of such an inquiry :
https://soundcloud.com/8ltxez6g7yqq/religion-the-built-environment