Post-modernism and the use of scripture in theological agrugment

The need for a 'biblical' validation of conflicting ethical views results not so much from people's 'view of Scripture', as Vorster argued, but rather from the foundationalist methodology underlying 'Scriptural' theology. Advocating certitude, foundationalist theol...

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Main Author: Deist, Ferdinand 1944-1997 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1994
In: Neotestamentica
Year: 1994, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 253-263
Further subjects:B Apartheid
B Postmodernism
B Theology
B Foudnationalism
B Bible as canon
B Vorster
B Christianity
B W.S
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Summary:The need for a 'biblical' validation of conflicting ethical views results not so much from people's 'view of Scripture', as Vorster argued, but rather from the foundationalist methodology underlying 'Scriptural' theology. Advocating certitude, foundationalist theology views the Bible as a secure source for knowledge and rejects relativism. A post-foundationalist approach, however, advocates as the basis of knowledge continually defensible convictions based upon transparent argumentation. Because of contextuality, such convictions, even though they may be firmly held, cannot be paraded as certitudes. In such an environment the Bible obtains a completely different epistemological status - the 'paradigm shift' Vorster was calling for.
ISSN:2518-4628
Contains:Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_406