| The Trial of the Witnesses: The Rise and Decline of Postliberal Theology Contributor(s): Dehart, Paul J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1405132965 ISBN-13: 9781405132961 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: The much discussed notion of postliberal theology developed from the writings of two theologians at Yale University, Hans Frei and George Lindbeck. In "The Trial of the Witnesses," Paul J. DeHart provides a thorough analysis and critique of postliberal theology, beginning with an examination of the intellectual context of Frei and Lindbeck's thought and the controversies to which their work has given rise. The book scrutinizes the dogmatic underpinnings of Frei and Lindbeck's understandings of theology and investigates the key concepts taken from their work which have been used to construct the idea of postliberalism. The author finds the sharp opposition between "revisionist" and "postliberal" modes of theology conceptually incoherent and misleading. He argues that the contributions of both Frei and Lindbeck are distorted by the prevalent tendency to interpret them through these categories. In conclusion, he outlines an alternative understanding of Christian faith and its cultural transactions, and a different configuration of the task of theology, which together enable him to reconceptualize these thinkers' contributions to contemporary theological discussion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics - Religion | Fundamentalism |
| Dewey: 230.046 |
| LCCN: 2005030634 |
| Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.04" W x 9.06" (1.02 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: The much-discussed notion of Postliberal theology developed from the writings of two theologians at Yale University, Hans Frei and George Lindbeck.
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