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On the Scope and Truth of Theology [electronic resource]

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This is the first volume of Robert Cumming Neville's magnum opus, Theology as Symbolic Engagement . Neville is the premier American systematic theologian of our time. His work is profoundly influenced by Paul Tillich, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and the American pragmatists John Dewey and Charles Sanders Pierce. From Tillich he takes the notion of religion, art, and morality as symbol, and the notion that religion is the substance of culture and culture the form of religion. Thus, theology is symbolic engagement with cultural forms, and Neville explores the ways that such engagement occurs among

Title On the Scope and Truth of Theology [electronic resource] : Theology as Symbolic Engagement
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher London : Continuum International Publishing
Creation Date 2006
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
English
Content Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
Preface
CHAPTER 1 Approaches to Theology
CHAPTER 2 Theology as Symbolic Engagement
CHAPTER 3 Theological Imagination
CHAPTER 4 Theological Assertion
CHAPTER 5 Components for Theological System
CHAPTER 6 Dialectical Systematic Theology
CHAPTER 7 Practical Theology in Religious Life
CHAPTER 8 Truth, Scope, Publics, Tests
Bibliography
Index
Extent 1 online resource (257 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010717774705171
MARC RECORDS
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