Trial of the Witnesses: The Rise and Decline of Postliberal Theology
The Rise and Decline of Postliberal Theology
Samenvatting
The much–discussed notion of Postliberal theology developed from the writings of two theologians at Yale University, Hans Frei and George Lindbeck.
An analysis and critique of the much–discussed idea of postliberal theology
Provides an overview of postliberalism and the controversies which resulted
Compares the writings of theologians Hans Frei and George Lindbeck, from which postliberal theology developed, and uncovers important differences in their thought
Reconceptualizes these thinkers contributions to contemporary theological discussion
Published in the prestigious Challenges in Contemporary Theology series.
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
<p>1. Genesis of a Concept: Postliberalism and its Opponents.</p>
<p>Preparation: 1945 54.</p>
<p>Exploring New Directions at Yale: 1955 64.</p>
<p>A Tendency Takes Shape: 1965 74.</p>
<p>The Yale School before Postliberalism: 1975 84.</p>
<p>The Crystallization and Contentious Reception of Postliberalism: 1985 94.</p>
<p>The Decline of Postliberalism: 1995 to the Present.</p>
<p>The Goal of the Present Work.</p>
<p>2. George Lindbeck: Theology and the Ecclesial People of Witness.</p>
<p>Orthodoxy and Society after Christendom.</p>
<p>Community Definition by Grammatical Rules.</p>
<p>The Truth of the People of Witness.</p>
<p>A New Theology for the Ecclesial Text .</p>
<p>3. Hans Frei: Theology and the Christological Object of Witness.</p>
<p>Concreteness and Identity in the Christological Object.</p>
<p>Christology and Biblical Hermeneutics.</p>
<p>Negotiating Perspectives on the Christological Object.</p>
<p>The Generosity of Orthodoxy as an Issue of Method.</p>
<p>4. Lindbeck: Elusive Oppositions and the Construction of Postliberalism (I).</p>
<p>The Conceptual Scaffolding of the Liberal Postliberal Dualism.</p>
<p>Ecclesiology and the Verbum Externum.</p>
<p>Liberalism as Experiential–¬Expressivism .</p>
<p>Intratextuality.</p>
<p>Temptations of Opposition.</p>
<p>5. Frei: Elusive Oppositions and the Construction of Postliberalism (II).</p>
<p>The Mystery of the Christological Object and Types of Theology.</p>
<p>The Typology.</p>
<p>Dogmatics and Apologetics: a Zero–sum Game?.</p>
<p>Systematic versus Ad Hoc (I): The Case of David Tracy.</p>
<p>Systematic versus Ad Hoc (II): Irreducible Mystery and the Lessons of Correlation.</p>
<p>6. The Trial of the Witnesses: The Yale Thinkers After Postliberalism.</p>
<p>Fashioning an Alternative to Postliberalism: The Trial.</p>
<p>Trial as Endurance under Temptation.</p>
<p>Trial as Experiment.</p>
<p>Trial as Submission to Judgment.</p>
<p>The Logic of Proliferation.</p>
<p>Bibliography.</p>
<p>Index</p>