Beyond fideism: negotiable religious identities
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 i…
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- Full title :Beyond fideism : negotiable religious identities / Olli-Pekka Vainio.
Summary
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.
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- Publication Date:©2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Ashgate
- Place of Publication:Farnham, Surrey, England
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2010.
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- Description:1 online resource.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1409406806, 9781409406808, 1282774034, 9781282774032
- oclc:ocn690102573
- LC Classification:BR118
- Dewey Decimal:231/.042
Table of Contents
Introduction : fideism and recent developments in modern theology -- Fideism and Christian tradition -- Interlude: the postliberal turn in theology -- The predicament of fideism and postmodern theological method -- On theological rationality and religious identity.
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