What is the relationship between Christian theology as a set of practices (liturgies, Bible readings, academic research, doctrinal commissions) and "culture" more generally? Graham Ward examines how cultural transformation happens and how the practices of theology can influence that transformation specifically. This essay in theological method offers a new approach to the nature of cultural activity interpretation.
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'The book's great strength lies in its rehabilitation of religious discourse as a legitimate challenge to 'the secular logics of Western global capitalism'. So its focus is 'the negotiation between Christian living and thinking and the contemporary world'.' Church Times
'... erudite and challenging ... highly commended. It is a well-researched, discerning and insightful piece of work. ... any 'student' with a heart for apologetics and cultural transformation will find it most illuminating.' Expository Times
'Graham Ward is one of the best known representatives of Radical Orthodoxy ... [provides] a more general model for understanding how cultures change, especially whether and how religious practice can shape the cultural transformation. ... well written, demonstrating Ward's admirable mastery of the theories from various fields.' Ars Disputandi
' ... this is a book about the essential criteria for theological 'credibility' in general ... here is a project which I think certainly demands to be taken very seriously indeed.' Theology
'... erudite and challenging ... highly commended. It is a well-researched, discerning and insightful piece of work. ... any 'student' with a heart for apologetics and cultural transformation will find it most illuminating.' Expository Times
'Graham Ward is one of the best known representatives of Radical Orthodoxy ... [provides] a more general model for understanding how cultures change, especially whether and how religious practice can shape the cultural transformation. ... well written, demonstrating Ward's admirable mastery of the theories from various fields.' Ars Disputandi
' ... this is a book about the essential criteria for theological 'credibility' in general ... here is a project which I think certainly demands to be taken very seriously indeed.' Theology
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'The book's great strength lies in its rehabilitation of religious discourse as a legitimate challenge to 'the secular logics of Western global capitalism'. So its focus is 'the negotiation between Christian living and thinking and the contemporary world'.' Church Times
'... erudite and challenging ... highly commended. It is a well-researched, discerning and insightful piece of work. ... any 'student' with a heart for apologetics and cultural transformation will find it most illuminating.' Expository Times
'Graham Ward is one of the best known representatives of Radical Orthodoxy ... [provides] a more general model for understanding how cultures change, especially whether and how religious practice can shape the cultural transformation. ... well written, demonstrating Ward's admirable mastery of the theories from various fields.' Ars Disputandi
' ... this is a book about the essential criteria for theological 'credibility' in general ... here is a project which I think certainly demands to be taken very seriously indeed.' Theology --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
'... erudite and challenging ... highly commended. It is a well-researched, discerning and insightful piece of work. ... any 'student' with a heart for apologetics and cultural transformation will find it most illuminating.' Expository Times
'Graham Ward is one of the best known representatives of Radical Orthodoxy ... [provides] a more general model for understanding how cultures change, especially whether and how religious practice can shape the cultural transformation. ... well written, demonstrating Ward's admirable mastery of the theories from various fields.' Ars Disputandi
' ... this is a book about the essential criteria for theological 'credibility' in general ... here is a project which I think certainly demands to be taken very seriously indeed.' Theology --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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In order to begin an enquiry into the relationship between Christian theology, cultural transformation and the formation of public accounts of what is true, I wish to pose and examine a specific question in this opening section: from where does theology speak? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cultural axis, dialectical theology, theology speak, cultural hermeneutics, other standpoints, cultural engagement, cultural negotiations, public truth, cultural imaginary, social imaginary Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Karl Barth, Jesus Christ, Charles Taylor, New York, Polity Press, Charlotte von Kirschbaum, Lorraine Code, Lynn Hankinson Nelson, Roman Catholicism, Cambridge University Press, Paul Ricoeur, Word of God, Kaiser Verlag, Oxford University Press, Richard Bernstein, Sandra Harding, Sketches of Karl, Cornelius Castoriadis, Critically Realistic Dialectical Theology, Second World War, Benedict Anderson, Columbia University Press, Die Christliche Welt, Karl Adam, Martin Rade New!
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In order to begin an enquiry into the relationship between Christian theology, cultural transformation and the formation of public accounts of what is true, I wish to pose and examine a specific question in this opening section: from where does theology speak? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cultural axis, dialectical theology, theology speak, cultural hermeneutics, other standpoints, cultural engagement, cultural negotiations, public truth, cultural imaginary, social imaginary Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Karl Barth, Jesus Christ, Charles Taylor, New York, Polity Press, Charlotte von Kirschbaum, Lorraine Code, Lynn Hankinson Nelson, Roman Catholicism, Cambridge University Press, Paul Ricoeur, Word of God, Kaiser Verlag, Oxford University Press, Richard Bernstein, Sandra Harding, Sketches of Karl, Cornelius Castoriadis, Critically Realistic Dialectical Theology, Second World War, Benedict Anderson, Columbia University Press, Die Christliche Welt, Karl Adam, Martin Rade New!
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- The Imaginary Institution of Society by Cornelius Castoriadis on page 144, page 157, and Back Matter
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