The place of a scientific theology among theological disciplines
The demand for a scientific theology arose from the progressive decline of dogmatic theology throughout the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries. A variety of natural theologies emerged, intended to purge theology from its supernatural religious traces and language, to achieve the ‘purest form’ of a...
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| Language: | English |
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Paternoster Press
2023
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Science & Christian belief
Year: 2023, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 166-173 |
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Theology
B Schleiermacher, Friedrich, 1768-1834 B Newman, John Henry, 1801-1890 B ALISTER McGrath B DOCTRINAL theology B Science B Scientific Knowledge B Natural Theology B Philosophy B EIGHTEENTH century |
| Summary: | The demand for a scientific theology arose from the progressive decline of dogmatic theology throughout the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries. A variety of natural theologies emerged, intended to purge theology from its supernatural religious traces and language, to achieve the ‘purest form’ of a rational theology independent from cultural additions, such as Christology and the role of institutions such as the church. This movement produced at least two distinct reactions in the transition to the Nineteenth century: romanticism and systematic theology. Romantics reacted to the dryness of natural theology by emphasizing the supernatural and the narrow limits of human understanding, sometimes degenerating into irrationalism. Systematic theology, heavily inspired by German Idealism, tried to rehabilitate core theological concepts into a new, more respectable fashion. Friedrich Schleiermacher is a key name for both movements, and his theories are representative of the problems encountered by these enterprises. Later, under the influence of modern traditionalists such as Karl Barth and John Henry Newman, systematic theology stepped back to give space to a renewed dogmatic theology, which would take the basic and original claims of Christian revelation more seriously. The rehabilitation of a more traditional theology, however, created a renewed demand for the accommodation of theology to contemporary scientific knowledge. Alister McGrath’s Scientific Theology is among the most significant efforts in that direction. |
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