Postmodernism and the Ethics of Theological KnowledgeThacker begins and ends his book with an analysis of the attitudes of postmodern philosophers Richard Rorty and Jean-Francois Lyotard, arguing that they have misconstrued the nature of the Christian narrative, interpreting it as a detached, speculative discourse rather than a practical, social ethic." |
Contents
Perichoretic Participation 377 | 37 |
Revelation and Faith | 65 |
Theological Knowing | 83 |
The Ethics of Theological Knowledge | 99 |
Rorty and Lyotard Revisited | 119 |
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