Peirce and theology : essays in the authentication of doctrine / Donald L. Gelpi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gelpi, Donald L., 1934-2011.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology--Methodology.

Theology.

Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914.

Peirce, Charles S.

Lonergan, Bernard J. F.

Physical Description:

96 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2001]

Summary:

The author of this study invokes Peirce's logic in order to clarify the operational procedures of dialectic, foundational, and doctrinal theology. He argues that Peirce's theory of the normative sciences casts light on three forms of conversion: affective, intellectual, and moral conversion. From a normative account of the dynamics of five forms of conversion, he derives specific criteria for authenticating and calling into question both doctrinal statements about the content of religious faith and different theories of theological method. The third and final chapter tests the adequacy of the suggested criteria by applying them to the symbolic Christology of Roger Haight.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Authentication of Doctrines: Hints from C.S. Peirce 8

Chapter 2 Authenticating Methodological Doctrines: More Hints from C.S. Peirce 43

Chapter 3 Symbolic Christology: A Test Case in the Authentication of Doctrines 74.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761819770

OCLC:

45951681