Faith in history and society : toward a practical fundamental theology / Johann Baptist Metz ; translated by David Smith.

Translation of Glaube in Geschichte und Gesellschaft.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Between evolution and dialectics. The point of departure for a contemporary fundamental theology -- Roundabout ways to a fundamental theology. An attempt at a historical self-analysis -- Political theology of the subject as a theological criticism of middle-class religion -- The concept of a political fundamental theology -- The dangerous memory of the freedom of Jesus Christ. The presence of the church in society -- The future in the memory of suffering. The dialectics of progress -- Redemption and emancipation -- Church and people. The forgotten subject of faith -- Transcendental and idealistic or a narrative and practical Christianity? Theology in the face of the crisis of identity in contemporary Christianity -- Hope as immanent expectation or the struggle for forgotten time. Noncontemporaneous theses on the apocalyptical view -- Memory -- Narrative -- Solidarity.