With clarity and skill, Davaney'sauthoritative text traces the historyof historicism and its various meanings from the GermanEnlightenment through its Continental and distinctlyAmerican developments to its contemporary postmodernincarnations. She demonstrates how it has forced theologyto pioneer methods that specifically acknowledge sociallocatedness, particularity, and pragmatic intent, effectivelyreplacing theology's metaphysical and dogmatic basiswith a largely historical one. Yet, says Davaney, Christiantheology has yet to come to terms fully with historicismand its imperatives, and her final chapter charts a possiblefuture course.
With clarity and skill, Davaney'sauthoritative text traces the historyof historicism and its various meanings from the GermanEnlightenment through its Continental and distinctlyAmerican developments to its contemporary postmodernincarnations. She demonstrates how it has forced theologyto pioneer methods that specifically acknowledge sociallocatedness, particularity, and pragmatic intent, effectivelyreplacing theology's metaphysical and dogmatic basiswith a largely historical one. Yet, says Davaney, Christiantheology has yet to come to terms fully with historicismand its imperatives, and her final chapter charts a possiblefuture course.
Historicism: The Once and Future Challenge for Theology
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Historicism: The Once and Future Challenge for Theology
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780800632199 |
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| Publisher: | 1517 Media |
| Publication date: | 03/16/2006 |
| Series: | Guides to Theological Inquiry |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 208 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d) |