Critical Theology and the Challenge of Jürgen Habermas

Critical Theology and the Challenge of Jürgen Habermas
Author: Marc Philippe Lalonde
Publisher: New York : P. Lang
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1999
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

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In answer to this breach, Lalonde sets out to design a non-theological approach to understanding the religious by expanding the form of critical theory and the content of religious philosophy.

Critical Theology

Critical Theology
Author: Carl A. Raschke
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2016-07-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830899960

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One hundred years after Karl Barth launched crisis theology in response to the First World War, Carl Raschke proposes a critical theology in response to our global political and economic crisis, which takes up insights from the critical theory of the Frankfurt School and the new critical theory of Zizek and Badiou.

Critical Theory of Religion

Critical Theory of Religion
Author: Marsha Hewitt
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451414035

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This volume brings together, in an exciting and original way, the major themes of critical social theory and feminist theology. Marsha Aileen Hewitt shows how critical themes emerge in the works of Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Mary Daly, and Rosemary Radford Ruether, and how their work provides a starting point for a feminist critical theory of religion.

The Promise of Critical Theology

The Promise of Critical Theology
Author: Marc P. Lalonde
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0889207372

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Written in tribute to one of the foremost Catholic theologians in the English-speaking world, the essays in The Promise of Critical Theology address the question: Can critical theology secure its critical operation without undermining its foundation in religious tradition and experience? Is “critical theology” simply an oxymoron when viewed from both sides of the equation? From Marc Lalonde’s introductory essay which delimits Davis’ fundamental position, that the primary task of critical theology is the critique of religious orthodoxy, the essays examine Davis’ distinction between faith and belief and build upon the promise of critical theology as inextricably bound to the promise of faith. They ask: What is its promise? What particular religious ideas, themes, stories are appropriate for its concrete expression? How can the community of faith receive its transformative message? What might be the contribution of other religious traditions and philosophies? Essays by Paul Lakeland, Dennis McCann, Kenneth Melchin, Michael Oppenheim and Marsha Hewitt respond to these and other questions and critically relate Davis’ work to ongoing developments in modern theology, critical theory, philosophy and the social sciences. Their diversity attests to the comprehensive scope of Davis’ thought and exemplifies the progressive character of contemporary religious discourse. They honour Davis and illuminate the promise of critical religious thinking in itself.

The Critical Theory of Religion. The Frankfurt School

The Critical Theory of Religion. The Frankfurt School
Author: Rudolf J. Siebert
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 740
Release: 2016-04-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3110859157

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Since its founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.

Biblical Critical Theory

Biblical Critical Theory
Author: Christopher Watkin
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2022-11-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310128730

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*With a foreword from Tim Keller* A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a way that is biblically faithful and culturally sensitive. In Biblical Critical Theory, Christopher Watkin shows how the Bible and its unfolding story help us make sense of modern life and culture. Critical theories exist to critique what we think we know about reality and the social, political, and cultural structures in which we live. In doing so, they make visible the values and beliefs of a culture in order to scrutinize and change them. Biblical Critical Theory exposes and evaluates the often-hidden assumptions and concepts that shape late-modern society, examining them through the lens of the biblical story running from Genesis to Revelation, and asking urgent questions like: How does the Bible's storyline help us understand our society, our culture, and ourselves? How do specific doctrines help us engage thoughtfully in the philosophical, political, and social questions of our day? How can we analyze and critique culture and its alternative critical theories through Scripture? Informed by the biblical-theological structure of Saint Augustine's magisterial work The City of God (and with extensive diagrams and practical tools), Biblical Critical Theory shows how the patterns of the Bible's storyline can provide incisive, fresh, and nuanced ways of intervening in today's debates on everything from science, the arts, and politics to dignity, multiculturalism, and equality. You'll learn the moves to make and the tools to use in analyzing and engaging with all sorts of cultural artifacts and events in a way that is both biblically faithful and culturally relevant. It is not enough for Christians to explain the Bible to the culture or cultures in which we live. We must also explain the culture in which we live within the framework and categories of the Bible, revealing how the whole of the Bible sheds light on the whole of life. If Christians want to speak with a fresh, engaging, and dynamic voice in the marketplace of ideas today, we need to mine the unique treasures of the distinctive biblical storyline.

Intersections in Christianity and Critical Theory

Intersections in Christianity and Critical Theory
Author: Cassandra Falke
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2010-10-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230294685

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Dealing with the historical and thematic intersections of Christianity and critical theory, this collection brings together a diversity of specialist scholars in the area. Building on recent discourses in theology as well as their knowledge of hermeneutic and critical traditions, they examine major themes in contemporary critical theory.

Migrants in the Profane

Migrants in the Profane
Author: Peter E. Gordon
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2020-11-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0300255594

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A beautifully written exploration of religion’s role in a secular, modern politics, by an accomplished scholar of critical theory Migrants in the Profane takes its title from an intriguing remark by Theodor W. Adorno, in which he summarized the meaning of Walter Benjamin’s image of a celebrated mechanical chess-playing Turk and its hidden religious animus: “Nothing of theological content will persist without being transformed; every content will have to put itself to the test of migrating in the realm of the secular, the profane.” In this masterful book, Peter Gordon reflects on Adorno’s statement and asks an urgent question: Can religion offer any normative resources for modern political life, or does the appeal to religious concepts stand in conflict with the idea of modern politics as a domain free from religion’s influence? In answering this question, he explores the work of three of the Frankfurt School’s most esteemed thinkers: Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer, and Theodor W. Adorno. His illuminating analysis offers a highly original account of the intertwined histories of religion and secular modernity.