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Engaging deconstructive theology / Ronald T. Michener.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Michener, Ronald T.
- Series:
- Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies.
- Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theology.
- Deconstruction.
- Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Postmodernism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Engaging Deconstructive Theology presents an evangelical approach for theological conversation with postmodern thinkers. Themes are considered from Derrida, Foucault, Mark C. Taylor, Rorty, and Cupitt, developing dialogue from an open-minded evangelical perspective. Ron Michener draws upon insights from radical postmodern thought and seeks to advance an apologetic approach to the Christian faith that acknowledges a mosaic of human sources including experience, literature, and the imagination.
- Contents:
- Introduction and historical context
- Historical context : from modernism to postmodernism
- Deconstruction and its roots in Europe
- Jean-Francois Lyotard : the dissolution of the metanarrative
- The deconstructionism of Jacques Derrida
- Michel Foucault : the end of man?
- Deconstruction in America
- Mark C. Taylor : embracing nihilism
- Richard Rorty : pragmatic postmodernism
- Deconstruction in Britain
- Don Cupitt : theological necrophilia
- Apologetic methodology in view of deconstructionist concerns
- Preliminary methodological considerations
- Christian appeals to deconstructionist concerns : lessons from the book of Acts
- Apologetic engagement and dialogue
- Apologetic imagination
- Apologetic groundwork : are any "foundations" possible?
- Notes:
- Includes erratum.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-57963-4
- 1-317-14344-2
- 1-317-14343-4
- 1-281-10436-1
- 9786611104368
- 0-7546-8444-X
- 9781315579634
- OCLC:
- 290510161
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