TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sell,Alan P.F.
TI  - Content and method in Christian theology: a case study of the thought of Nels Ferr{acute}e 
SN  - 9780227903681
AV  - BT21.2 .S455 2014eb
U1  - 230.092 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge, England
PB  - James Clarke & Co
KW  - Ferr{acute}e, Nels F. S.
KW  - Ferré, Nels F. S.
KW  - Theology, Doctrinal
KW  - History
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Theology
KW  - Systematic
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christianity
KW  - General
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - ""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
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