Liberalism versus postliberalism : the great divide in twentieth-century theology

Liberalism versus postliberalism : the great divide in twentieth-century theology / John Allan Knight.

This text 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 sugg...

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Main Author: Knight, John Allan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:An American Academy of Religion book
Subjects:
1900-1999
Postliberal theology.
Liberalism (Religion)
Theology > History > 20th century.
Postliberal theology
Theology
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: Liberal Theology and the Falsification Challenge; 1. Liberal Theology in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; 2. The Falsification Challenge; 3. The Liberal Response; 4. A Purified Liberal Theology; PART TWO: Postliberal Theology and Ordinary Language Philosophy; 5. The Barthian Project in Postliberal Perspective; 6. Allies for Barth's Heirs: Wittgenstein and Ordinary Language Philosophy; 7. Earlier Postliberalism: Narrative Theology and Hans Frei's Synthesis of Wittgenstein and Barth
  • 8. Postliberalism II: George Lindbeck and Frei's Later WorkPART THREE: Problems and Prospects; 9. A Tale of Two Dead Ends: The Linguistic Problems of Liberal and Postliberal Theology; 10. Conclusion: Navigating the Divide between Liberal and Postliberal Theology; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

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