The Word and the World

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9982-0
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 120 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 135 g

This books argues that traditional theological affirmations must be looked at anew.

If one accepts the basic premise of the sociology of knowledge - that our truths are values, culturally produced and culturally relative - then theology becomes problematic. Theology wishes to retain disciplinary autonomy. But the sociology of knowledge does not respect the boundaries that we erect between different kinds of knowledge. It is this particular challenge that is addressed in this most original book.
Dan Frank argues that what is needed is a step-by-step re-evaluation of the traditional theological affirmations in terms of these new cognitive criteria, and theorizes that a new theology could be constructed by critical reflection of the success and failures of modernity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frank, Dan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Theologie und die Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Religion & Wissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
The Sociology of Knowledge
Mannheim and Ideology
Social Construction
Sociology and Theology
Reductionism and Methodological Atheism
Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Dan Frank completed his research at London University and then took up the post of Literary Editor of The Catholic Herald. He died in 2005 at the age of twenty four.