Content and method in Christian theology :
Sell, Alan P. F.,
Content and method in Christian theology : a case study of the thought of Nels Ferre / Alan P.F. Sell. - 1 online resource (239 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction : the nature and structure of this enquiry -- Nels Ferré's career, character and devotional centre -- The philosophical context and Ferré's starting point -- Recurrent epistemological themes -- The theological environment -- Searchlights on Christian doctrine -- Ethics and society, mission and world religions.
""For three decades, he flashed like a meteor across the theological horizon, and then vanished."" So writes Alan P.F. Sell of Nels F.S. Ferré (1908-1971), a mid-twentieth-century theologian whose work is little remembered, despite his constructive and often provocative contributions to theological debates that endure today. While Professor Sell speculates upon the reasons for this inattention, his primary concern is to show that Ferré's works raise timeless questions about the relations between content and method in theology. How far do the personal convictions of theologians influence their.
9780227903681 0227903684
22573/ctt1cg7gs1 JSTOR
Ferre, Nels F. S. 1908-1971.
Ferré, Nels F. S. 1908-1971.
Theology, Doctrinal--History.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Systematic.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Electronic books.
BT21.2 / .S455 2014eb
230.092
Content and method in Christian theology : a case study of the thought of Nels Ferre / Alan P.F. Sell. - 1 online resource (239 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction : the nature and structure of this enquiry -- Nels Ferré's career, character and devotional centre -- The philosophical context and Ferré's starting point -- Recurrent epistemological themes -- The theological environment -- Searchlights on Christian doctrine -- Ethics and society, mission and world religions.
""For three decades, he flashed like a meteor across the theological horizon, and then vanished."" So writes Alan P.F. Sell of Nels F.S. Ferré (1908-1971), a mid-twentieth-century theologian whose work is little remembered, despite his constructive and often provocative contributions to theological debates that endure today. While Professor Sell speculates upon the reasons for this inattention, his primary concern is to show that Ferré's works raise timeless questions about the relations between content and method in theology. How far do the personal convictions of theologians influence their.
9780227903681 0227903684
22573/ctt1cg7gs1 JSTOR
Ferre, Nels F. S. 1908-1971.
Ferré, Nels F. S. 1908-1971.
Theology, Doctrinal--History.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Systematic.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
Electronic books.
BT21.2 / .S455 2014eb
230.092
