Charles Taylor and Anglican theology : aesthetic ecclesiology / J.A. Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, J. A., author.

Contributor:

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Pathways for ecumenical and interreligious dialogue

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of England.

Church.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Taylor, Charles, 1931-.

Taylor, Charles.

Taylor, Charles, 1931- Secular age.

Church of England--Doctrines--History.

Milbank, John.

Williams, Rowan, 1950-.

Williams, Rowan.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 222 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]

Summary:

"This book considers the work of Charles Taylor from a theological perspective, specifically relating to the topic of ecclesiology. It argues that Taylor and related thinkers such as John Milbank and Rowan Williams point towards an "Aesthetic Ecclesiology," an ecclesiology that values highly and utilizes the aesthetic in its self-understanding and practice. Jamie Franklin argues that Taylors work provides an account of the breakdown in Modernity of the conceptual relationship of the immanent and the transcendent, and that the work of John Milbank and radical orthodoxy give a complementary account of the secular from a more metaphysical angle. Franklin also incorporates the work of Rowan Williams, which provides us a way of thinking about the Church that is rooted in a material and historical legacy. The central argument is that the reconnection of the transcendent and the immanent coheres with an understanding of the Church that incorporates the material reality of the sacraments, the importance of artistic beauty and craftsmanship, and the Churchs status as historical, global, and eschatological. Secondly, the aesthetic provides the Church with a powerful apologetic: beauty cannot be reduced to the presuppositions of secular materialism, and so must be accounted for by recourse to transcendent categories." -Provided by publisher, back cover

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: An Aesthetic Ecclesiology

Introduction

Taylor in the Context of Relevant Conceptual Literature

2. Charles Taylor's A Secular Age (1): Genealogy of the Secular

A Secular Genealogy

The Reform Master Narrative

The Reform of the Multispeed System

Disenchantment

Times and Time

The Self

Conclusion

3. Charles Taylor's A Secular Age (2): Phenomenology of Modernity

Cross-Pressure

Fullness

Flatness

The Search for Transcendence in the Aesthetic

Ambiguous Spaces (1): Subtler Languages

Ambiguous Spaces (2): The Festive

The Aesthetic as Sign of the Transcendent

Contentions

4. John Milbank (1): A Deeper Critique of the Secular

The Story of Milbank and Radical Orthodoxy: Theology and Ontology

General Ontological Claims

Participation and Secular Nihilism

The Unity of Nature and Grace

Ontology of Violence/Ontology of Peace

Three Deviations and Their Contemporary Anti-Aesthetics Legacies

The Univo city of Being

Nominalism and Voluntarism

5. John Milbank (2): A Participatory Ecclesiology

Problematic Ecclesiolqgies

A "Participatory" Ecclesiology

Ecclesial On tology

Ecclesial Participation

6. Rowan Williams: Ecclesiology and Epiphany

Religious Epistemology and Ontology

Ecclesiology as Epiphany

The Historical Church

The Ordained Ministry of the Church

The Eucharist

Summary

Conclusion: Catholicism as Pedagogy

7. Conclusion: Summary and Future Directions

Future Directions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

3030821056

9783030821050

OCLC:

1257890022

Publisher Number:

99989818550