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On Being a Liberal Theologian in a Postliberal Age

On Being a Liberal Theologian in a Postliberal Age I Not unrelated to the earlier deliberations of neo‐orthodox theologians in the first half of the twentieth century, postliberal theology flourished (first at Yale but quickly spreading far beyond New Haven) in that century's closing decades. In the first decade of the twenty‐first century, it has continued to develop as an important option on a menu of contemporary theological possibilities, in relation to the similar but more extreme perspectives embedded in the Radical Orthodoxy of thinkers like John Milbank and Catherine Pickstock. Here, I propose to examine this ‘postliberal turn’ in contemporary religious thought, albeit only briefly and with attention focused narrowly on one important book that helped to launch the movement. My purpose in writing is not primarily historical, but rather is rooted in the conviction that the ‘enlightenment project’ is not yet dead, not in general and certainly not as it bears on issues of theological inquiry. Without returning to an old‐fashioned foundationalism, or to now problematic views of human rationality, or to naïve appeals to religious experience as evidence for the truth of theological claims, I want to revive the spirit of liberal theology in a form chastened by the best insights of postliberal thinkers. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Heythrop Journal Wiley

On Being a Liberal Theologian in a Postliberal Age

Raposa, Michael L.
The Heythrop Journal , Volume 55 (3) – Jan 1, 2014
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10.1111/j.1468-2265.2011.00688.x
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I Not unrelated to the earlier deliberations of neo‐orthodox theologians in the first half of the twentieth century, postliberal theology flourished (first at Yale but quickly spreading far beyond New Haven) in that century's closing decades. In the first decade of the twenty‐first century, it has continued to develop as an important option on a menu of contemporary theological possibilities, in relation to the similar but more extreme perspectives embedded in the Radical Orthodoxy of thinkers like John Milbank and Catherine Pickstock. Here, I propose to examine this ‘postliberal turn’ in contemporary religious thought, albeit only briefly and with attention focused narrowly on one important book that helped to launch the movement. My purpose in writing is not primarily historical, but rather is rooted in the conviction that the ‘enlightenment project’ is not yet dead, not in general and certainly not as it bears on issues of theological inquiry. Without returning to an old‐fashioned foundationalism, or to now problematic views of human rationality, or to naïve appeals to religious experience as evidence for the truth of theological claims, I want to revive the spirit of liberal theology in a form chastened by the best insights of postliberal thinkers.

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