Rationality, Virtue, and Faith: Can We Find a Pro-Theology Philosophy? Rationality as Virtue: Towards a Theological Philosophy, Lydia Schumacher, Ashgate, 2015 (ISBN 978-1-4724-4265-9), xii + 230 pp., hb £65 Theological Philosophy: Rethinking the Rationality of Christian Faith, Lydia Schumacher, Ashgate, 2015 (ISBN 978-1-4724-4262-8), xii + 210 pp., hb £60
Lydia Schumacher's two-volume essay in constructive philosophical theology is an attempt to model a new approach to the relationship between philosophy and theology that might offer a constructive and positive response to the way in which many modern conceptions of rationality involve skepticis...
| Published in: | Reviews in religion and theology |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2017
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Reviews in religion and theology
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| Further subjects: | B
Incarnation
B Divine Simplicity B Book review B Trinity B Rationality B Virtue B Thomas Aquinas |
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| Summary: | Lydia Schumacher's two-volume essay in constructive philosophical theology is an attempt to model a new approach to the relationship between philosophy and theology that might offer a constructive and positive response to the way in which many modern conceptions of rationality involve skepticism about the rationality of faith. Having laid the foundations of this approach in Volume 1 (Rationality as Virtue), Volume 2 develops what the author calls a pro-theology philosophy. Both parts rely strongly, though not slavishly, on Aquinas, and, as in Thomist thought, the anthropological starting point is a view of the human being as a rational animal. This is an impressive project, but by taking its point of departure in such a view of the human essence, Schumacher's project is isolated from major currents of modern philosophy. Questions are also raised about the transition to Trinitarian theology and the lack of worked examples, the latter making it difficult to see just how this ‘pro-theology philosophy’ would relate to concrete issues of life. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9418 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reviews in religion and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/rirt.13035 |