Phenomenological philosophy
Subtitle: and reconstruction in western theism
By: Allan M. Savage
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9781449702656; 9781449702663
Subjects: Philosophy and religion; Catholic Church; Phenomenological theology
Description: This book is a contribution to the existing body of philosophical and theological thought. It is a personal account, not a historical or chronological one. The approach taken reflects the metamorphosis from a classical to a contemporary view of theology. The book is an excellent teaching tool, one, which faithfully reflects the word of God. It stresses that through personal engagement with the Spirit of God one may begin to understand religious experience, thereby enabling one's personal faith conviction. The primary purpose of theological study is spiritual growth, while intellectual understanding is of secondary importance. The deepening of theological understanding, it appears, has been achieved, not by ecclesiastical officials, but by faithful individuals sometimes even in opposition to official interpretation. Furthermore, the author says, individuals need to accept their co-responsibility and co-creative relationships with that which is divine. A viable future Church, he says, must relinquish its hold on sovereignty and centralization and institute a decision-making procedure through the principle of subsidiarity. An incursion into the Modernist movement clarifies new interpretations within theological thinking illuminating the potential for development in the future Church. This book passes as not only an informative guide to reflection on interpretation of truth but serves as a must-read for any serious student of theology, which compels the reader to examine his or her own life in the search for truth -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-101).
Table of contents: title: Theistic theology as responsibility for the word of God; title: The existential situation in which I find myself; title: Christian culture : its philosophical roots and present crisis; title: Reconstruction in theistic theology; title: Thresholds of phenomenological theological inquiry; title: Particular thresholds of phenomenological inquiry; title: Phenomenology and the Catholicity of Vatican II : a broad criticism.