John Allan Knight

Liberalism Versus Postliberalism

The Great Divide in Twentieth-Century Theology

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780199969388
• ISBN-10: 0199969388
• Artikelnr.: 36693586

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

* 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