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Agnostic
Alvin Plantinga
Anselm's Argument
Anselm’s Argument
Anti-realist Readings
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Belief Policies
Black Theology
Cartesian Foundationalism
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Classical Christian Theology
Communicative Fideism
communitarian theology
Cultural Linguistic System
De Praescriptione Haereticorum
Descartes's Dictum
Descartes’s Dictum
ecclesiastical doctrine analysis
epistemology
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feminist
feminist theological perspectives
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interfaith dialogue methods
IVP
Jeffrey Stout
Language Game
method
Mikael Stenmark
natural
Natural Theology
Non-basic Beliefs
Postliberal Theology
reformed
reformed epistemology
religious identity negotiation in pluralism
theological
Theological Method
theology
Traditional Religious Convictions
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Van Huyssteen
virtue epistemology
Warranted Christian Belief
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Wentzel Van Huyssteen
Product details
- ISBN 9781409406792
- Weight: 521g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Sep 2010
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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After the postmodern turn, every tradition seeks the right to have their own rules of rational discourse. The crucial question is: are there ways to communicate between the traditions so that the traditions do not need to give up their identities in order to take part in conversation? Vainio examines the basic assumptions behind well known types of Christian theology and seeks ways in which they might interact with one other and with other non-Christian traditions without capitulation of their identities. Vainio claims that there are religious identities that can be negotiated and communicated, and that there are ecclesiastical doctrines which can be meaningfully discussed among churches. This book explores three key areas: analysis of the uses of 'fideism' within classical Christian theology; clarification of different types of theological method that seek to express the task of theology in contemporary setting; an explanation of the contours of religious identity and rationality which takes seriously both classical Christian identity and pluralistic contexts where most of the Christian communities dwell nowadays. The proposal for "negotiability" of Christian identity draws together ideas from, among others, virtue epistemology, reformed epistemology, communitarianism, and feminist sensibilities.
Olli-Pekka Vainio is Post-doctoral Researcher and Adjunct Professor of Ecumenical Theology, University of Helsinki, Finland
