No Boutique Theology: Leuven between the Particular and the Universal
In this overview of Leuven systematic theology as practiced by the faculty over the past few decades, I use the various LEST congresses since 1997 as an important clue and argue that a core aspect of Leuven's theological approach is to maintain a healthy balance between attention to the univers...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2019]
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Louvain studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 42, Issue: 4, Pages: 417-431 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculteit der Godgeleerdheid
/ Systematic theology
/ History 1997-2019
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| IxTheo Classification: | FB Theological education KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBD Benelux countries KDB Roman Catholic Church NAA Systematic theology |
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| Summary: | In this overview of Leuven systematic theology as practiced by the faculty over the past few decades, I use the various LEST congresses since 1997 as an important clue and argue that a core aspect of Leuven's theological approach is to maintain a healthy balance between attention to the universal (God's all-encompassing love and saving initiative) and to the particular (the diverse cultures in which the Christian tradition is immersed). A hermeneutically-and-historically based approach, close analyses of cultures and their complexities, and a commitment to liberation have steered this approach away from being a "boutique" or "niche" theology. Instead, it seeks the universal in the particular, thus performing in a truly Catholic, contemporary, and productive way Edward Schillebeeckx's insight that. |
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| ISSN: | 1783-161X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Louvain studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/LS.42.4.3287166 |