What is the Goal of Systematic Theology?
Following on the recent publication by Robert Doran of What Is Systematic Theology? the article examines the goal of systematic theology through an examination of contrasting positions: is the goal the understanding of data (for example, the data of the Scriptures) or the understanding of truth (as...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2009
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2009, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 38-52 |
| Further subjects: | B
Historical Consciousness
B Trinity B Systematic Theology B Robert Doran B David Coffey |
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| Summary: | Following on the recent publication by Robert Doran of What Is Systematic Theology? the article examines the goal of systematic theology through an examination of contrasting positions: is the goal the understanding of data (for example, the data of the Scriptures) or the understanding of truth (as mediated by the Scriptures)? It argues that current work by systematicians illustrates a confusion over these two positions and demonstrates this confusion by reference to the Trinitarian theology of David Coffey and Thomas Weinandy. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140008098843 |