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The Unchanging Truth of God? - Crucial Philosophical Issues for Theology (Paperback)
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The Unchanging Truth of God? - Crucial Philosophical Issues for Theology (Paperback)
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It has long been a cornerstone of Catholic belief that Christians
can be intelligent and creative thinkers-inquisitive seekers after
truth-as well as men and women of ardent faith. Catholics are
entirely committed, then, to the claim that human rationality and
religious faith are complementary realities since they are equally
gifts of God. But understanding precisely how faith and reason
cohere has not always been a smooth path. At times, theology has
allowed philosophy to become the leading (and baleful) partner in
the faith-reason relationship, thereby lapsing into rationalism or
relativism. At other times, theology has been tempted by fideism,
with philosophy now regarded as little more than a pernicious
intruder corrupting Christian faith, life and thought. The essays
in this volume display how Catholicism understands the proper
confluence between philosophy and theology, between human
rationality and Christian faith, between the natural order and
supernatural grace. To illustrate these points, the book draws on a
long line of Christian thinkers: Origen, Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas
and, in our own day, Fides et Ratio of John Paul II and the
Regensburg Address of Benedict XVI. How is theology always a
"Jewgreek" enterprise-to borrow a term from Jacques Derrida-always
a combination of the biblical (Hebraic) and philosophical
(Hellenic) traditions? Why is one particular element of philosophy,
metaphysics, essential for the intelligibility and clarity of
Catholic theology? Why is this so much the case that John Paul II
could state emphatically: "a philosophy which shuns metaphysics
would be radically unsuited to the task of mediation in the
understanding of Revelation"? But theology cannot simply be about
dialogue with philosophers of yesteryear. Theology must constantly
incorporate fresh thinking and remain in lively conversation with
an extensive variety of contemporary perspectives. This book
displays how reciprocity and absorption has been characteristic of
theology's past and must represent its future as well.
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