Metaphysics and the Future of Theology
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Metaphysics and the Future of Theology

The Voice of Theology in Public Life

  1. 626 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Metaphysics and the Future of Theology

The Voice of Theology in Public Life

About this book

William J. Meyer engages in critical and illuminating conversation with major figures in contemporary philosophy and theology in order to explain why theology has been marginalized in modern culture and why modernity has had such difficulty integrating religion and public life. Wrestling with notable philosophers like MacIntyre and Stout, and theologians such as Gustafson, Hauerwas, Porter, Milbank, and Reinhold Niebuhr, Meyer argues that theology must embrace modernity's formal commitments to public and democratic discourse while simultaneously challenging its substantive postmetaphysical outlook. Drawing on the philosophical perspectives of Whitehead and Hartshorne and the theologies of Ogden and Gamwell, he concludes that a process metaphysical theology offers the most promising path for theology to regain a vital public voice in the world of the twenty-first century.

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Information

Publisher
Pickwick Publications
eBook ISBN
9781630878054
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Introduction: Modernity and the Marginalization of Theology
  6. Part One: Defining The Problem: Diagnostic and Prescriptive Accounts
  7. Chapter 1: Diagnosing the Plight of Theology in the Modern World
  8. Chapter 2: Reconsidering the Metaphysical Enterprise
  9. Chapter 3: Intermediate Reflections
  10. Part Two: A Typological Analysis: A Study of Six Theological Approaches
  11. Chapter 4: Defining the Terms of Analysis
  12. Chapter 5: An Accountable Theology
  13. Chapter 6: A Pragmatic Theology
  14. Chapter 7: A Witness Theology
  15. Chapter 8: A Tradition-Engaged Theology
  16. Chapter 9: A Radical-Orthodox Theology
  17. Chapter 10: A Transcendental-Process Theology
  18. Conclusion: The Future of Theology and the Academy
  19. Bibliography