Analytic Theology as Systematic Theology

It is often said that analytic theology is not really systematic theology; it is something else entirely. However, specifying what this "something else" amounts to has proven a little more difficult. In this article I argue that analytic theology may be a species of systematic theology. I...

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Published in:Open theology
Main Author: Crisp, Oliver 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2017
In: Open theology
Further subjects:B Analytic Theology
B Shared Task
B Systematic Theology
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Summary:It is often said that analytic theology is not really systematic theology; it is something else entirely. However, specifying what this "something else" amounts to has proven a little more difficult. In this article I argue that analytic theology may be a species of systematic theology. I show that there is no agreed view on the nature of systematic theology amongst several leading practitioners of systematic theology by comparing the work of John Webster, Brian Gerrish, and Gordon Kaufman. I then set out the Shared Task of Systematic Theology (Shared Task), which is a conceptual threshold for systematic theology that reflects the thought of Webster, Gerrish, and Kaufman. With this in mind, I argue that analytic theology can meet this threshold, and count as a version of systematic theology.
ISSN:2300-6579
Contains:Enthalten in: Open theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/opth-2017-0012