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Toward a generous Orthodoxy : prospects for Hans Frei's postliberal theology / Jason A. Springs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Springs, Jason A.
- Series:
- AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frei, Hans W.
- Postliberal theology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author provides a refined exposition of Hans Frei's christologically motivated engagement with Ludwig Wittgenstein, Clifford Geertz, Erich Auerbach, his use of ordinary language philosophy and nonfoundational philosophical insights, while illuminating and expanding his orientational indebtedness to Karl Barth's theology.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. The Hermeneutical Bases of Dogmatic Theology; 2. Between Barth and Wittgenstein; 3. Absorption and Embrace: Worlds of Discourse in Lindbeck and Frei; 4. But Did It Really Happen?: Frei and the Challenges of Critical Realism and Historical Reference; 5. The Rationality Intrinsic to Faith; 6. And Not Antifoundationalism Either; 7. From Word Alone to Word and Spirit; 8. "Christ Called Himself Truth, Not Custom,"; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Sept. 9, 2010).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045320-6
- 9786612792694
- 1-282-79269-5
- 0-19-978034-X
- OCLC:
- 669497553
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