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Zusatztext There are few contemporary theological disputes more divisive and acrimonious than that referenced in Knights title, yet his book is a model of precision, analytical rigour and methodological clarity Informationen zum Autor John Allan Knight is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Coordinator of the Catholic Studies Program at Marist College. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. His essays have appeared in edited volumes and journals such as the Journal of Religion, the Scottish Journal of Theology and the American Journal of Theology and Philosophy. Klappentext The divide between liberal and postliberal theology is one of the most important and far-reaching methodological disputes in twentieth-century theology. This split in the understanding of religious language is widely acknowledged, but rigorous philosophical analysis and assessment of these divergent understandings is seldom seen. Liberalism versus Postliberalism provides such analyses, using the developments in analytic philosophy of language over the past forty years. The book provides an original analysis of the "theology and falsification" debates of the 1950s and 60s. The debates supply the philosophical lens that brings into focus the centrality of the issue of religious language in the methodological dispute between liberal and postliberal theologians in the latter part of the twentieth century. Knight argues that recent philosophical developments reveal serious problems with both positions. His philosophical work clears the ground for a more inclusive method that takes seriously the aspirations of both liberal and postliberal theologians; his book makes an important contribution to contemporary theological method, to the understanding of liberal and postliberal theologies, and to our understanding of the role of analytic philosophy in contemporary theology and religious studies. Zusammenfassung The book provides an original analysis of the central philosophical differences between liberal and postliberal theology. Knight argues that important developments in philosophy of language reveal serious problems with the central methodological commitments of liberalism and postliberalism and suggest ways in which the divide can be bridged. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part One: Liberal Theology and the Falsification Challenge Chapter 1: Liberal Theology in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Chapter 2: The Falsification Challenge Chapter 3: The Liberal Response Chapter 4: A Purified Liberal Theology Part Two: Postliberal Theology and Ordinary Language Philosophy Chapter 5: The Barthian Project in Postliberal Perspective Chapter 6: Allies for Barth's Heirs: Wittgenstein and Ordinary Language Philosophy Chapter 7: Earlier Postliberalism: Narrative Theology and Hans Frei's Synthesis of Wittgenstein and Barth Chapter 8: Postliberalism II: George Lindbeck and Frei's Later Work Part Three: Problems and Prospects Chapter 9: A Tale of Two Dead Ends: The Linguistic Problems of Liberal and Postliberal Theology Chapter 10: Conclusion: Navigating the Divide Between Liberal and Postliberal Theology Bibliography ...
