Theology in the public square
Subtitle: church, academy & nation
By: Gavin D'Costa.
Series: Challenges in contemporary theology
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781405135092; 9781405135108
Subjects: Universities and colleges -- Religion.; Church and education.; Religious pluralism.
Description: "This study show how theology lost its pivotal role, along with philosophy, within the history of the western university. Reflecting on his own extensive academic experience, Gavin D'Costa sketches out a fascinating project, whereby theology may once more become "queen of the sciences." However, this requires rethinking the role of education and challenging modernist and postmodern visions of the university. He imagines what a Christian university might deliver: a challenge to the practice of various academic disciplines, giving detailed examples regarding religious studies and physics; as well as fostering the possibility of a genuinely intellectual Christian culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theology's Babylonian captivity in the modern university; title: Babylon in the church : United States and England; title: Cyrus returns : rebuilding the temple in Babylon; title: Why theologians must pray for release from exile; title: The engagement of virtue : a theological religious studies; title: The marriage of the disciplines : explorations on the frontier; title: Epilogue: theology : the church at the heart of the university proclaiming the Word.