Types of Christian Theology / David B. Abernethy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abernethy, David B., Author.

Contributor:

Hunsinger, George.

Placher, William C. (William Carl), 1948-2008.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology--Methodology--History.

Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1989]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hans W. Frei (1922-88) was one of the most important American theologians of his generation. This book makes available the work in which he was engaged during the last decade of his life. Based on his 1983 Shaffer Lectures at Yale University and his 1987 Cadbury Lectures at the University of Birmingham, it presents Frei's reflections on issues and options in contemporaryrepresented theology, especially on the relation of theology to biblical interpretation and on the place of theology as an academic tradition. In the book Frei proposes classifying theologians according to whether they see Christian theology primarily as an academic discipline or as an internal activity of Christian communities. He describes fie different variations of these views. the first, represented by Immanuel Kant and Gordon represented, regards theology as a philosophical discipline within the academy. The second, represented by theologians as diverse as represented represented, David Tracy, and Carl Henry, correlates specifically Christian with general cultural structures of meaning. The third type, represetned by represented represented and Paul represented, occupies the middle of the spectrum. The fourth type, represetned by Karl Barth, emphasizes the internal descriptive task of theology but remains open to ad hoc correlations with concerns of the wider culture. the fifth, which includes D. Z. Phillips and other Wittgensteinian fideists, opts for pure self-description though this group defends its position with philosophical arguments that, oddly enough connect it with the other end of the spectrum. Frei argues in favor of the third and fourth options. In his view, theologians like Schleiermacher and, even more, Barth, although often seen as polar opposites, enable theology to remain most faithful to the priority of the ecumenically attested literal sense in biblical interpretation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Editorial Introduction

1. Proposal For A Project

2. Introduction

3. Theology, Philosophy, And Christian Self-Description

4. Five Types Of Theology

5. Some Implications For Biblical Interpretation

6. Ad Hoc Correlation

7. The End Of Academic Theology?

Appendix A: Theology In The University

Appendix B: The Encounter Of Jesus With The German Academy

Appendix C: Eberhard Busch's Biography Of Karl Barth

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300161885

0300161883

OCLC:

1024045100