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1 online resource (xix, 393 pages) |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
"In Theological Territories, David Bentley Hart, one of America's most eminent contemporary writers on religion, reflects on the state of theology "at the borders" of other fields of discourse-metaphysics, philosophy of mind, science, the arts, ethics, and biblical hermeneutics in particular. The book advances many of Hart's larger theological projects, developing and deepening numerous dimensions of his previous work. Theological Territories constitutes something of a manifesto regarding the manner in which theology should engage other fields of concern and scholarship. The essays are divided into five sections on the nature of theology, the relations between theology and science, the connections between gospel and culture, literary representations of and engagements with transcendence, and the New Testament. Hart responds to influential books, theologians, philosophers, and poets, including Rowan Williams, Jean-Luc Marion, Tomáš Halík, Sergei Bulgakov, Jennifer Newsome Martin, and David Jones, among others. The twenty-six chapters are drawn from live addresses delivered in various settings. Most of the material has never been printed before, and those parts that have appear here in expanded form. Throughout, these essays show how Hart's mind works with the academic veneer of more formal pieces stripped away. The book will appeal to both academic and non-academic readers interested in the place of theology in the modern world"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part 1. Theology and what may be said. The gospel according to Melpomene : reflections on Rowan Williams's The tragic imagination ; Remarks made to Jean-Luc Marion regarding Revelation and givenness ; What is postmodern theology : reflections on Tomáš Halík ; Martin and Gallaher on Bulgakov ; Remarks to Bruce McCormack regarding the relation between Trinitarian theology and Christology ; The devil's march : Creatio ex Nihilo, the problem of evil, and a few Dostoyevskian meditations ; Tradition and authority : a vaguely Gnostic meditation -- |
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Part 2. The borderlands of theology and science . Where the consonance really lies ; Should science think? ; The illusionist : on Daniel Dennett's From bacteria to Bach and back : the evolution of minds ; Consciousness and grace : thoughts on Bernard Lonergan -- Part 3. Gospel and culture. Concerning by man shall his blood be shed : a Catholic defense of capital punishment, by Edward Feser and Joseph M. Bessette ; Further reflections on capital punishment (and on Edward Feser) ; Orthodoxy in America ; University and Magisterium : remarks in response to Reinhard Hutter ; The story of the nameless : the use and abuse of history for theology ; Beauty, being, Kenosis ; A sense of style : beauty and the Christian moral life -- |
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Part 4. Literatures of transcendence. The shock of the real : on Journey to the land of real, by Victor Segalen ; Empson in the East : on The face of the Buddha ; David Jones : the forgotten modernist ; An Introduction to Léon Bloy's The pilgrim of the absolute -- Part 5. The New Testament. The first radicals ; Paul's theology was rather different from what we think ; What it says, not what it means ; The spirit of the text ; A prayer for the poor ; Different idioms, different worlds : various notes on translating the New Testament. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible -- Theology.
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Bible. Nouveau Testament -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible -- Théologie. |
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Bible |
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Bible. New Testament |
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Theology.
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Philosophical theology.
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theology. |
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RELIGION / Christian Theology / General |
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Philosophical theology |
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Theology |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hart, David Bentley. Theological territories. Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2020] 9780268107178 (DLC) 2019054882 |
| ISBN |
026810719X (electronic book) |
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9780268107208 (electronic book) |
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0268107203 (electronic book) |
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9780268107192 (electronic bk.) |
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9780268107178 (hardcover) |
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9780268107185 (paperback) |
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