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		<description><![CDATA[All five volumes of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s series, A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, were reviewed by Stephen M. Vantassel. From the publisher: Kärkkäinen&#8217;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 [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All five volumes of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s series, A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, were reviewed by <a href="/author/stephenmvantassel/">Stephen M. Vantassel</a>.</p>
<div style="width: 253px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://fuller.edu/faculty/veli-matti-karkkainen/"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/VMK_747x747.jpg" alt="" width="243" height="243" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen is Professor of Systematic Theology at <a href="https://fuller.edu/faculty/veli-matti-karkkainen/">Fuller Theological Seminary</a>.</p></div>
<p>From the publisher:</p>
<blockquote><p>Kärkkäinen&#8217;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>
<p>With the metaphor of hospitality serving as the framework for his discussion, Kärkkäinen 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>
<div class="volume-block"><a href="/veli-matti-karkkainen-christ-and-reconciliation/"><img class="alignleft" src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/VMKarkkainen-ChristReconciliation.jpg" alt="" width="120" /></a><br />
<span class="bk-button-wrapper"><a href="/category/winter-2016/" target="_self" class="bk-button yellow  rounded small">From the Winter 2016 issue</a></span><br />
<strong>Volume 1: Christ and Reconciliation<br />
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, <em><a href="/veli-matti-karkkainen-christ-and-reconciliation/">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>
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<div class="volume-block"><a href="/veli-matti-karkkainen-trinity-and-revelation/"><img class="alignleft" src="/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/VMKarkkainen-TrinityRevelation.jpg" alt="" width="120" /></a><br />
<span class="bk-button-wrapper"><a href="/category/winter-2018/" target="_self" class="bk-button yellow  rounded small">From the Winter 2018 issue</a></span><br />
<strong>Volume 2: Trinity and Revelation<br />
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, <em><a href="/veli-matti-karkkainen-trinity-and-revelation/">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>
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<div class="volume-block"><a href="/veli-matti-karkkainen-creation-and-humanity/"><img class="alignleft" src="/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/VMKarkkainen-CreationAndHumanity.jpg" alt="" width="120" /></a><br />
<span class="bk-button-wrapper"><a href="/category/fall-2018/" target="_self" class="bk-button yellow  rounded small">From the Fall 2018 issue</a></span><br />
<strong>Volume 3: Creation and Humanity<br />
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, <em><a href="/veli-matti-karkkainen-creation-and-humanity/">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>
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<div class="volume-block"><a href="/veli-matti-karkkainen-spirit-and-salvation/"><img class="alignleft" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/VKarkkainen-SpiritSalvation.jpg" alt="" width="120" /></a><br />
<span class="bk-button-wrapper"><a href="/category/spring-2020/" target="_self" class="bk-button yellow  rounded small">From the Spring 2020 issue</a></span><br />
<strong>Volume 4: Spirit and Salvation<br />
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, <em><a href="/veli-matti-karkkainen-spirit-and-salvation/">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>
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<div class="volume-block"><a href="/veli-matti-karkkainen-hope-and-community/"><img class="alignleft" src="/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/VMKarkkainen-HomeCommunity.jpg" alt="" width="120" /></a><br />
<span class="bk-button-wrapper"><a href="/category/summer-2020/" target="_self" class="bk-button yellow  rounded small">From the Summer 2020 issue</a></span><br />
<strong>Volume 5: Hope and Community<br />
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, <em><a href="/veli-matti-karkkainen-hope-and-community/">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>
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