On Being a Christian in the Academy by Sloane, Andrew

On Being a Christian in the Academy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781597527712)

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On Being a Christian in the Academy by Sloane, Andrew

On Being a Christian in the Academy

$36.00
On Being a Christian in the Academy by Sloane, Andrew

On Being a Christian in the Academy

$36.00
Format: Paperback
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Having identified crucial flaws in both classical foundationalism and cognitive relativism, Andrew Sloane expounds Wolterstorff's theory of rationality and his understanding of the devising and weighing of theories. The role of control beliefs in scholarship and the place of Christian beliefs in the practice of Christian scholarship are explored. The author then critically appraises Wolterstorff's view in dialogue with its rivals. He presents a defensible person-specific but nonrelativist criterion of theory choice and outlines an organic epistemological metaphor. The book concludes by exploring the implications of these findings for theological scholarship, in particular Old Testament exegesis. The author suggests that Wolterstorff's notion of scholarly practice explains the practice of scholarship and is to be commended to Christian scholars as a cogent and challenging method of devising and appraising theories.

Author: Andrew Sloane
ISBN-10: 1597527718
ISBN-13: 9781597527712
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2007
Pages: 306
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.02w x 0.66d
By Andrew Sloane
By Andrew Sloane
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Andrew Sloane studied medicine and practiced briefly as a doctor before entering the Baptist ministry. He studied theology at Morling College (Sydney) and in 1994 he was awarded his ThD by the Australian College of Theology for the thesis on which this book is based. From 1996 to 2002 he was in the faculty of Ridley College, Melbourne. In 2002 he took up the position of Lecturer in Old Testament and Christian Thought at Morling College, Sydney.

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