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The Problems of Theology

By Brian Hebblethwaite

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1980
ISBN
9780511554674, 0521298113, 0521231043, 0511554672, 9780521231046, 9780521298117
LCC
BR118 .H423
Open Library ID
OL4425986M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3858430 bytes)
Pages
176\172
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

Faculties of theology are a traditional feature of most western European universities, yet in colleges of education, schools and in some newer universities the subject is studied, if at all, under the heading of 'religious studies'. Taking the question 'Is there such a subject?' as his point of departure, the author sets out to explore the relation between theology and the broader field of religious studies. Theology primarily means 'rational talk about God', but the word is used in other wider and looser senses as well. Mr Hebblethwaite discusses in what ways it is possible for non-believers to engage in theology, and stresses the need for all to pursue the subject openly and self-critically in a religiously pluralist world. Criteria for truth-claims in religion and the problem of revelation are among the topics examined. In the course of his study the author looks at the relationship between theology and a number of adjacent subjects: psychology and the social sciences, philosophy, history and ethics.

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