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Theological Radicalism and Tradition - The Limits of Radicalism' with Appendices (Hardcover)
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Theological Radicalism and Tradition - The Limits of Radicalism' with Appendices (Hardcover)
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'The limits of radicalism are those which end not in chaos but in
the breaking of fresh ground.' Howard E. Root Previously
unpublished--and only recently rediscovered by Dr Christopher R.
Brewer in an uncatalogued box in the archives of Lambeth Palace
Library--Canon Howard E. Root's 1972 Bampton Lectures, 'The Limits
of Radicalism', have to do with nothing less than 'what theology
is', a topic no less relevant today than it was in 1972. Against
the radical reductionism of his time, Root defended the integrity
of theology and 'theological truth'. Advocating a
'backward-looking' radicalism, he thought that tradition should
display 'recognisable continuity', and yet at the same
time--against reductionistic tendencies--that it might be enriched
and enlarged via a wide variety of 'additive imagery' including,
though not limited to, poetry and pop art, music and even
television. We must 'begin where we are', said Root, for we cannot,
in the manner of Leonard Hodgson, 'think ourselves into the minds
and feelings of men 2000 years ago.' In this volume, which begins
with a substantial, mostly biographical introduction, Dr Brewer
argues that Root--a backward-looking radical who defended
metaphysics and natural theology, and insisted that theologians
look to the arts as theological resources--anticipates the work of
David Brown and others concerned with tradition and imagination,
relevance and truth. A fascinating glimpse into the recent history
of British Christianity, Root's lectures, as well as the related
appendices, are essential reading for theologians interested in the
dynamics of a developing tradition and the theme of openness, as
well as those with a particular interest in 1960s Cambridge
radicalism and the British reception of the Second Vatican Council.
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