(Practical) Theology: A story of doubt and imagination
Theology as a story of doubt and imagination is to be understood against the background of interdisciplinary social science and in contrast to the traditional paradigm of theology as a system of propositional certainty. The concepts of doubt and imagination are part and parcel of narrative research...
| Published in: | Verbum et ecclesia |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Univ.
2023
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Verbum et ecclesia
Year: 2023, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-7 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theology
/ Doubt
/ Fantasy
/ Interdisciplinarity
/ Interdisciplinary research
B Fundamentalism / Narrative theology |
| IxTheo Classification: | CA Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Practical Theology
B Autobiography B Narrative Theology B Postfoundational B Installation art |
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| Summary: | Theology as a story of doubt and imagination is to be understood against the background of interdisciplinary social science and in contrast to the traditional paradigm of theology as a system of propositional certainty. The concepts of doubt and imagination are part and parcel of narrative research and can also be linked to postfoundational philosophy. The relevancy of this theological paradigm will be discussed on the basis of the following: (1) It is in touch with its own doubt, (2) It is in touch with its own story (tradition), (3) It can therefore interact with other stories, stories of hope and despair, stories of suffering, stories of power and of marginalisation, (4) It can also imagine alternative stories. Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The interaction with ‘other stories’, which is one of the important outcomes of this postfoundational approach, makes it possible for theology to be a humble but important participant at the interdisciplinary conversational table. |
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| ISSN: | 2074-7705 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Verbum et ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4102/ve.v44i1.2650 |