Collective Absolute Presuppositions
Subtitle: Tectonic Plates for the Churches (American University Studies Series VII, Theology and Religion)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: December 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9780820422589
Subjects: Theology; Christian Theology - General; Philosophy Of Christianity; Religion; Religion - Theology; Absolute, The; Christianity; Christianity and other religio; Essence, genius, nature; Philosophy
Description: Like tectonic plates, collective absolute presuppositions are obscured by linguistic conventions, cognitive patterns, and current social and cultural precedents. Yet, because they are a part of the way human beings structure reality, they determine how the principles of religious faith are received. Professors, pastors, preachers, teachers, religious educators, and others who have accepted the challenge to seek greater understanding of the religious traditions to which they are devoted, regularly deal with them. This book presents them as integral to practical theology, describes how to identify and describe them, and details their theological significance and history.