Culture in a post-secular context
Thomson, Alan,
Culture in a post-secular context theological possibilities in Milbank, Barth and Bediako / [electronic resource] : Alan Thomson. - 1 online resource (pages cm)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Theology and the Neutrality of Culture; 2. Challenging the Neutrality of Culture; 3. John Milbank and a Theological Account of Culture; 4. Milbank, Violence, and Idealization; 5. Karl Barth and a Theological Alternative; 6. Kwame Bediako and an African Alternative; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back cover.
Is culture a theologically neutral concept? The contemporary experts on culture-anthropologists and sociologists-argue that it is. Theologians and missiologists would seem to agree, given the extent of their reliance on anthropological and sociological definitions of culture. Yet this appears a strange reliance given that presumed neutrality in the sciences is a consistently challenged assumption. It is stranger still given that so much theological energy has been expended on understanding and defining the human person in specifically theological as opposed to anthropological terms when cultur.
9780227902776 0227902777
22573/ctt1cg7ct3 JSTOR
016864085 Uk 016862815 Uk
Christianity and culture.
Christianity and culture--History of doctrines--19th century.
Christianity and culture--History of doctrines--20th century.
Postmodern theology.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Christianity and culture.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology
Electronic books.
BT83.597
261
Culture in a post-secular context theological possibilities in Milbank, Barth and Bediako / [electronic resource] : Alan Thomson. - 1 online resource (pages cm)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Theology and the Neutrality of Culture; 2. Challenging the Neutrality of Culture; 3. John Milbank and a Theological Account of Culture; 4. Milbank, Violence, and Idealization; 5. Karl Barth and a Theological Alternative; 6. Kwame Bediako and an African Alternative; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back cover.
Is culture a theologically neutral concept? The contemporary experts on culture-anthropologists and sociologists-argue that it is. Theologians and missiologists would seem to agree, given the extent of their reliance on anthropological and sociological definitions of culture. Yet this appears a strange reliance given that presumed neutrality in the sciences is a consistently challenged assumption. It is stranger still given that so much theological energy has been expended on understanding and defining the human person in specifically theological as opposed to anthropological terms when cultur.
9780227902776 0227902777
22573/ctt1cg7ct3 JSTOR
016864085 Uk 016862815 Uk
Christianity and culture.
Christianity and culture--History of doctrines--19th century.
Christianity and culture--History of doctrines--20th century.
Postmodern theology.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Christianity and culture.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology
Electronic books.
BT83.597
261
