The Truth Behind Practices: Wittgenstein, Robinson Crusoe and Ecclesiology

The Wittgensteinian claim that meaning is immanent to 'practices', influential in contemporary theology, is capable of two readings: the first takes `practice' to refer to the social activities of actual communities; the second implies no more than a way of going on that is in princip...

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Main Author: Insole, Christopher J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2007
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 364-382
Further subjects:B Theology
B Practices
B Church
B Ecclesiology
B Hauerwas
B Truth
B Community
B Wittgenstein
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