Dehart Trial of the Witnesses

The Rise and Decline of Postliberal Theology
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77545-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
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Reihe: Challenges in Contemporary Theology

The much-discussed notion of Postliberal theology developed fromthe writings of two theologians at Yale University, Hans Frei andGeorge Lindbeck.
* * An analysis and critique of the much-discussed idea ofpostliberal theology
* Provides an overview of postliberalism and the controversieswhich resulted
* Compares the writings of theologians Hans Frei and GeorgeLindbeck, from which postliberal theology developed, and uncoversimportant differences in their thought
* Reconceptualizes these thinkers' contributions tocontemporary theological discussion
* Published in the prestigious Challenges in ContemporaryTheology series.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dehart, Paul

Dehart, Paul J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
1. Genesis of a Concept: Postliberalism and itsOpponents.
Preparation: 1945-54.
Exploring New Directions at Yale: 1955-64.
A Tendency Takes Shape: 1965-74.
The "Yale School" before Postliberalism:1975-84.
The Crystallization and Contentious Reception of Postliberalism:1985-94.
The Decline of Postliberalism: 1995 to the Present.
The Goal of the Present Work.
2. George Lindbeck: Theology and the Ecclesial People ofWitness.
Orthodoxy and Society after Christendom.
Community Definition by Grammatical Rules.
The Truth of the People of Witness.
A New Theology for the Ecclesial "Text".
3. Hans Frei: Theology and the Christological Object ofWitness.
Concreteness and Identity in the Christological Object.
Christology and Biblical Hermeneutics.
Negotiating Perspectives on the Christological Object.
The "Generosity" of Orthodoxy as an Issue ofMethod.
4. Lindbeck: Elusive Oppositions and the Construction ofPostliberalism (I).
The Conceptual Scaffolding of the Liberal-PostliberalDualism.
Ecclesiology and the Verbum Externum.
Liberalism as "Experiential-not Expressivism".
Intratextuality.
Temptations of Opposition.
5. Frei: Elusive Oppositions and the Construction ofPostliberalism (II).
The Mystery of the Christological Object and Types ofTheology.
The Typology.
Dogmatics and Apologetics: a Zero-sum Game?.
Systematic versus Ad Hoc (I): The Case of David Tracy.
Systematic versus Ad Hoc (II): Irreducible Mystery and theLessons of Correlation.
6. The Trial of the Witnesses: The Yale Thinkers"After" Postliberalism.
Fashioning an Alternative to Postliberalism: The Trial.
Trial as Endurance under Temptation.
Trial as Experiment.
Trial as Submission to Judgment.
The Logic of Proliferation.
Bibliography.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Paul J. DeHart is Associate Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School. His first book, Beyond the Necessary God, appeared in 2000.