Description: In this creative contribution to the doctrine of
revelation, Clark seeks to develop and articulate an understanding
of God's self-disclosure located in the participation of the
ecclesial community in the trinitarian life of God. Clark takes as
his point of departure Karl Barth's doctrine of the Word of God.
Barth has impressed upon theology that revelation is primarily an
event in which God establishes relationship with humanity in an act
of his sovereign freedom. But what is the role of human
participation in this revelatory event? It is here that Barth's
account is less than satisfactory, and this shortcoming points to
the principal theme of the book. Addressing this theme, Clark
engages with the work of Michael Polanyi, whose philosophy provides
a potent resource for the task. One profoundly innovative aspect of
Polanyi's work is his theory of tacit knowledge, which demonstrates
how articulate knowledge (conceptual understanding) arises out of
knowledge established through practical and intrinsically
imaginative participation in particular practices or ""life-ways.""
Although we depend upon such knowledge, we can articulate it only
in part. We know more than we can tell. This insight has profound
implications for the doctrine of revelation. It suggests that
knowledge of God is necessarily bound up with the various practices
of the church in which Christians are imaginatively engaged and
through which God makes himself known. It also suggests that such
knowledge cannot be fully articulated. Clark does not deny the
possibility or the importance of doctrinal formulation, but he does
issue a reminder that theological statements are only possible
because God gives himself to be known in the life and practices of
the church. This substantial work provides important and original
proposals for rearticulating the doctrine of revelation.
Endorsements: ""At a time when so much theology swings between a
wooden cerebralism on the one hand, and undisciplined fantasy on
the other, a thesis such as this is sorely needed."" --Jeremy
Begbie, Ridley Hall, Cambridge and the University of St Andrews
""Acts of discovery and insights of revelation, it has long been
assumed, are two entirely separate phenomena: the imaginative power
of human minds provides us with the former and God provides us with
the latter. Enlarging upon Michael Polanyi's seminal understanding
of 'tacit knowing, ' the author brilliantly demonstrates the
integral involvement of human imagination in the revelatory event.
This book represents a major contribution and challenge to both
philosophical and theological scholarship in an area that cries out
for serious rethinking. Tony Clark represents one of the 'rising
stars' in Polanyian scholarship."" --Walter B. Mead, President, The
Polanyi Society ""Thoughtful, scholarly, and imaginative
contributions are made to quite large and important theological
tasks."" --Michael Partridge, School of Divinity, St. Mary's
College, University of St. Andrews About the Contributor(s): Tony
Clark is Assistant Professor of Ethics at Friends University and
was previously Teaching Fellow at the University of St Andrews,
Scotland.
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