Is there any hope for ‘truth' and ‘progress' in theological thinking today?

To provide the historical-theological background to his own intellectual pursuit of interdisciplinary theology, Wentzel van Huyssteen tells his story that was prompted in his student days at Stellenbosch by the then young, newly appointed lecturer Johan Heyns. It sprung from the basic understanding...

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Main Author: Van Huyssteen, J. Wentzel 1942-2022 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. [2017]
In: Verbum et ecclesia
Year: 2017, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-10
RelBib Classification:CF Christianity and Science
VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy
Further subjects:B Johan Heyns
B Religious Imagination
B problemsolving
B Interdisciplinary Theology
B Science of Religion
B Postfoundationalism
B niche construction
B evolutionary epistemology
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