A Theology More Useful: Public Theology as Edification
The article argues that Richard Rorty’s idea of edification should be adopted as the central approach of public theology. It begins by outlining Rorty’s definition of edification before exploring the argument in Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature which led to this definition. Various critical respo...
| Veröffentlicht in: | International journal of public theology |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
[2019]
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International journal of public theology
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| RelBib Classification: | FA Theologie VA Philosophie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Richard Rorty
B edification B Agency B Critical Realism B Pragmatism B Roy Bhaskar B Relativism B Rowan Williams B Truth |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The article argues that Richard Rorty’s idea of edification should be adopted as the central approach of public theology. It begins by outlining Rorty’s definition of edification before exploring the argument in Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature which led to this definition. Various critical responses are then explored, especially the critique by Roy Bhaskar that Rorty’s approach is politically frivolous. It is suggested, however, that the criticism that Rorty is either relativist or unconcerned with ethical agency is unfair. Instead, rather than being concerned with different types of speaking Truth to power, public theologians should be focused on producing novel, unique and eye-catching redescriptions of social and political phenomena. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341591 |