Metaphysics of Mystery: Revisiting the Question of Universality Through Rahner and Schillebeeckx Contributor(s): Jong, Marijn de (Author), Depoortere, Frederiek (Editor), O. P. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0567689344 ISBN-13: 9780567689344 Publisher: T&T Clark OUR PRICE: $158.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic - Religion | Theology - Philosophy | Metaphysics |
Dewey: 230.209 |
LCCN: 2019039723 |
Series: T&t Clark Studies in Edward Schillebeeckx |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.45 lbs) 328 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: How can we theologically reflect on universality in a world that increasingly focuses on particularities and differences? Marijn de Jong argues that the question of universality calls for a reconceptualized form of metaphysical theology, which he finds in the work of Karl Rahner and Edward Schillebeeckx. Casting a new light on these theologians, de Jong demonstrates that their methods contain a dialectical interrelation of hermeneutics and metaphysics - an interrelation which seemingly has been lost in more recent hermeneutical theology. Rahner and Schillebeeckx carefully balance particularity and universality without falling prey to relativist or absolutist ways of reasoning. By analyzing fundamental themes such as experience and interpretation, nature and grace, faith and reason, and intelligibility and mystery, de Jong reveals the modest theological metaphysics that lies at the heart of their methods. This critical retrieval demonstrates the enduring relevance of these thinkers and opens up new avenues of thought for theologians that do not want to shy away from the difficult question of the universality of God. |
Contributor Bio(s): Van Erp, Stephan: - Stephan van Erp is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer in Systematic Theology and Theory of Religion and Culture at the Faculties ofTheology and Religious Studies of the Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands). His main publications include The Art of God: Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theological Aesthetics and the Foundations of Faith (2004) and Vrijheid in verdeeldheid: De geschiedenis van religieuze tolerantie (Freedom in Diversity: The History of Religious Tolerance) (2008). |