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A PREFACE TO THEOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY

A PREFACE TO THEOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY Given that self-expression in accordance with some philosophical scheme is inescapable both for faith and theology, but that faith and theology are not constituted by philosophy alone, the question for the theologian has always been :how may his discipline appropriate philosophy in a manner faithful both to philosophical norms and to his subject matter? Contemporary theology has explored at great length the ways in which philosophy determines and often negates the very possibility of faith. This essay has to do, instead, with the possibilities for self-understanding which may be open to the believer who seeks to think in a philosophically respectable manner. Its title is inspired by Leslie Dewart’s intriguing characterization of the inquiry pursued in The Foundations of Belief (London, 1969), though the conception of theological philosophy advanced is considerably different from Dewart’s own. PHILOSOPHY A N D THE CHRISTIAN FAITH Christian faith is founded in acts of belief which strive towards understanding at a high level of conceptual precision. Since the ways in which the human intellect must proceed if understanding is its aim have been charted, by and large, by philosophers (even though philosophy generates many models of ‘understanding’and many systems expressing the actual and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Heythrop Journal Wiley

A PREFACE TO THEOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY

HOWE, LEROY T.
The Heythrop Journal , Volume 13 (1) – Jan 1, 1972
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Copyright © 1972 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0018-1196
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1468-2265
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10.1111/j.1468-2265.1972.tb00673.x
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Given that self-expression in accordance with some philosophical scheme is inescapable both for faith and theology, but that faith and theology are not constituted by philosophy alone, the question for the theologian has always been :how may his discipline appropriate philosophy in a manner faithful both to philosophical norms and to his subject matter? Contemporary theology has explored at great length the ways in which philosophy determines and often negates the very possibility of faith. This essay has to do, instead, with the possibilities for self-understanding which may be open to the believer who seeks to think in a philosophically respectable manner. Its title is inspired by Leslie Dewart’s intriguing characterization of the inquiry pursued in The Foundations of Belief (London, 1969), though the conception of theological philosophy advanced is considerably different from Dewart’s own. PHILOSOPHY A N D THE CHRISTIAN FAITH Christian faith is founded in acts of belief which strive towards understanding at a high level of conceptual precision. Since the ways in which the human intellect must proceed if understanding is its aim have been charted, by and large, by philosophers (even though philosophy generates many models of ‘understanding’and many systems expressing the actual and

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