The Anglo-American Paradigm: Lost and Found in Current Theology
The main Western paradigm involves: 1) dichotomous thinking, 2) valuing abstraction qnd stability, 3) the quest for certainty, 4) search for foundations and proper method, and 5) a precise language. Postmodernism often favors the mirror images of these five. There is a third approach in marry Anglo-...
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doaj-b6490c6d95b14c04b8086bb4bebeaa902020-11-24T23:01:46ZafrAOSISHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 0259-94222072-80501996-12-01522/341543010.4102/hts.v52i2/3.15201264The Anglo-American Paradigm: Lost and Found in Current TheologyJerome A. Stone0WIlliam Rainey Harper College, DlinoisThe main Western paradigm involves: 1) dichotomous thinking, 2) valuing abstraction qnd stability, 3) the quest for certainty, 4) search for foundations and proper method, and 5) a precise language. Postmodernism often favors the mirror images of these five. There is a third approach in marry Anglo-American writers which involves neither alternatives. This article analyzes four contemporary theologians, two of whom, Mark C Taylor and George Lindbeck, are rooted in the newer tradition and two, Phil Hefner and Delwin Brown, in the Anglo-American. This essay may be considered a plea to avoid the traditional-postmodern dichotomy.https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/1520 |
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The Anglo-American Paradigm: Lost and Found in Current Theology |
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The Anglo-American Paradigm: Lost and Found in Current Theology |
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The Anglo-American Paradigm: Lost and Found in Current Theology |
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The Anglo-American Paradigm: Lost and Found in Current Theology |
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The main Western paradigm involves: 1) dichotomous thinking, 2) valuing abstraction qnd stability, 3) the quest for certainty, 4) search for foundations and proper method, and 5) a precise language. Postmodernism often favors the mirror images of these five. There is a third approach in marry Anglo-American writers which involves neither alternatives. This article analyzes four contemporary theologians, two of whom, Mark C Taylor and George Lindbeck, are rooted in the newer tradition and two, Phil Hefner and Delwin Brown, in the Anglo-American. This essay may be considered a plea to avoid the traditional-postmodern dichotomy. |
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