Inconclusive Theologies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780881464634)

Kierkegaard argued that Christianity is a lived religion, not a set of doctrines to be cognitively affirmed. This means theologys proper focus is reflection on revelation within the God-human relationship, and human existencealways in process and shaped by different communities, relationships, and contextsis significant to theological construction. As Christian knowledge is a relationship that cannot be communicated directly, theology is never concluded and cannot adequately function within totalizing systems. The writings of seventeenth-century Mexican nun, Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz, provide an exemplary direction for contemporary theologies mindful of this need for indirect communication. Her writings show a respect of others cognitive freedom and their differing perspectives. Powell builds a theological case for the inclusion of literary genres in the theological discipline, a move that resists western philosophys dominance of form and opens the theological canon.

Author: Lisa D. Powell
ISBN-10: 0881464635
ISBN-13: 9780881464634
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2013
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d