Realist Christian Theology in a Postmodern Age

Klappentext Examination of Christian theological and contemporary philosophical theories on the place of language in reality. Zusammenfassung Patterson cuts new ground in combining traditional Christian theological perspectives on truth and reality with a contemporary philosophical view of the place of language in reality! and asks where language fits in both divine and human reality. She proposes a new model of 'language-ridden' reality and considers its implications. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The task of theological realism; 2. The dilemma of postliberal theology; 3. Interpreting the truth; 4. The anatomy of language-riddenness; 5. The nature of theistic realism; 6. Becoming persons; 7. Becoming the Church; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Sue Patterson, Sue (Trinity College Patterson, Patterson Sue
• Assisted by: Daniel W. Hardy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.06.1999
• EAN: 9780521668064
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66806-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Christian
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology