Is Theology a Science?: The Nature of the Scientific Enterprise in the Scientific Theology of Thomas Forsyth Torrance and the Anarchic Epistemology of (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004194595)

When Barth and Scholz clashed over the scientific status of theology, Barth drew the conclusion that if natural science was to be drawn up in such positivistic terms, theology had much to lose and little to gain by engagement with it. A generation later Barth's translator and pupil Thomas Torrance maintained that science had changed enough to make an engagement more fruitful. In works such as Theological Science, Torrance sketched out the contours of such and engagement. However at the same time the anarchic philosopher of science, Paul Feyerabend, in books such as Against Method, sought to deconstruct any notion of 'science' as ultimately the protection of vested interests. This book analyses whether Torrance's notion of science can withstand this newer post-modern threat.

Author: David Munchin
ISBN-10: 9004194592
ISBN-13: 9789004194595
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 04/21/2011
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.50w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 10/01/2011 pg. 12