Nature of Doctrine Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age

Name: Nature of Doctrine Religion and Theology in a Postliberal Age
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ISBN: 9780664233358

ISBN-10: 066423335X

ISBN-13: 9780664233358

Edition: 25th 2009

Authors: George A. Lindbeck

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The Nature of Doctrine, originally published in 1984, is one of the most influential works of academic theology in the past fifty years. A true classic, this book sets forth the central tenets of a post liberal approach to theology, emphasizing a cultural-linguistic approach to religion and a rule theory of doctrine. In addition to his account of the nature of religion, Lindbeck also addresses the relationship between Christianity and other religions, the resolution of historic doctrinal conflict among Christian communities, and the nature and task of theology itself. Lindbeck is often called the central architect of post liberal theology, which influenced many of the leading contemporary…

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List price: $30.00
Edition: 25th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 7/20/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction: The Nature of Doctrine after 25 Years



Foreword to the German Edition of The Nature of Doctrine


Foreword to the Original Edition



Theory, Ecumenism, and Culture: The Proposal in Context



The Ecumenical Matrix



The Psychosocial Context



Religion and Experience: A Pretheological Inquiry



An Experiential-Expressive Model



A Cultural-Linguistic Alternative



The Inconclusiveness of the Comparison



Many Religions and the One True Faith



Unsurpassability



The Interrelationships of Religions



Salvation and Other Faiths



Excursus on Religion and Truth



Theories of Doctrine



Doctrines and Their Problems



Grammar and Doctrine, Continuity and Change



A Taxonomy of Doctrines



Testing the Theory: Christology, Mariology, and Infallibilityp77



Nicaea and Chalcedon



Marian Dogmas



Infallibility84



The Superiority of a Regulative View



Toward a Postliberal Theology



The Problem of Assessment



Faithfulness as Intratextuality



Applicability as Futurology



Intelligibility as Skill


Conclusion


Afterword: Interreligious Relations and Christian Ecumenism: Revisiting Chapter 3 of The Nature of Doctrine


Bibliography


Index