Constructing a Public Comparative Theology: Examining Ernst Troeltsch through a Critical Hermeneutic Lens
This article explores Ernst Troeltsch’s potential contribution to a Christian public theology. It does so by way of a case being made for a public comparative theology. For this purpose I reconsider investigating Troeltsch’s sociological method through a critical hermeneutic lens provided by Hans G....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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| In: |
International journal of public theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 218-235 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDD Protestant Church NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
historical relativism
hermeneutic inquiry
post-metaphysical thinking
multiple modernities
anamnestic solidarity
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Volltext (Publisher) |
| Summary: | This article explores Ernst Troeltsch’s potential contribution to a Christian public theology. It does so by way of a case being made for a public comparative theology. For this purpose I reconsider investigating Troeltsch’s sociological method through a critical hermeneutic lens provided by Hans G. Gadamer’s hermeneutics and Jürgen Habermas’ sociology of a lifeworld. Through this hermeneutical mediation I propose a more comprehensive understanding of Troeltsch’s project, and how it can bring relevancy to a public theology that takes into account the comparative study of religions in our pluralist context. Troeltsch’s work will thus be hermeneutically refined in a socially responsible manner in keeping with the reality of multiple modernities and the religious humanism in our contemporary context. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
| Contains: | In: International journal of public theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341536 |
