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It is impossible to understand the history of Christian theology
without taking into account the relationship between faith and
reason. Many works give an overview of faith and reason, or outline
key principles, while others put forward a thesis about how one
should understand the relationship between faith and reason. In
this theological essay, Grant Kaplan revisits the key figures and
debates that shape how faith and reason relate. Divided into three
parts, Kaplan invites readers into a conversation rather than a
drive-by. Readers will encounter the words and arguments of some of
Christianity's greatest thinkers, some wellknown (Augustine,
Aquinas, Newman) and others nearly forgotten. Readings of these
figures bring them to life in an accessible manner. In Faith and
Reason through Christian History, the roughly fifty figures treated
are given sufficient room to breathe. Rather than simply
summarizing their thought, Kaplan traces their arguments through
key texts. This book will appeal to a range of audiences:
theologians and philosophers, instructors, graduate students,
seminarians, lay study groups, and undergraduate theology majors.
No book today accomplishes what this book does!
Since the late 1970s, theologians have been attempting to integrate
mimetic theory into different fields of theology, yet a distrust of
mimetic theory persists in some theological camps. In Rene Girard,
Unlikely Apologist: Mimetic Theory and Fundamental Theology, Grant
Kaplan brings mimetic theory into conversation with theology both
to elucidate the relevance of mimetic theory for the discipline of
fundamental theology and to understand the work of Rene Girard
within a theological framework. Rather than focus on Christology or
atonement theory as the locus of interaction between Girard and
theology, Kaplan centers his discussion on the apologetic quality
of mimetic theory and the impact of mimetic theory on fundamental
theology, the subdiscipline that grew to replace apologetics. His
book explores the relation between Girard and fundamental theology
in several keys. In one, it understands mimetic theory as a
heuristic device that allows theological narratives and positions
to become more intelligible and, by so doing, makes theology more
persuasive. In another key, Kaplan shows how mimetic theory, when
placed in dialogue with particular theologians, can advance
theological discussion in areas where mimetic theory has seldom
been invoked. On this level the book performs a dialogue with
theology that both revisits earlier theological efforts and also
demonstrates how mimetic theory brings valuable dimensions to
questions of fundamental theology.
Since the late 1970s, theologians have been attempting to integrate
mimetic theory into different fields of theology, yet a distrust of
mimetic theory persists in some theological camps. In René Girard,
Unlikely Apologist: Mimetic Theory and Fundamental Theology, Grant
Kaplan brings mimetic theory into conversation with theology both
to elucidate the relevance of mimetic theory for the discipline of
fundamental theology and to understand the work of René Girard
within a theological framework. Rather than focus on Christology or
atonement theory as the locus of interaction between Girard and
theology, Kaplan centers his discussion on the apologetic quality
of mimetic theory and the impact of mimetic theory on fundamental
theology, the subdiscipline that grew to replace apologetics. His
book explores the relation between Girard and fundamental theology
in several keys. In one, it understands mimetic theory as a
heuristic device that allows theological narratives and positions
to become more intelligible and, by so doing, makes theology more
persuasive. In another key, Kaplan shows how mimetic theory, when
placed in dialogue with particular theologians, can advance
theological discussion in areas where mimetic theory has seldom
been invoked. On this level the book performs a dialogue with
theology that both revisits earlier theological efforts and also
demonstrates how mimetic theory brings valuable dimensions to
questions of fundamental theology.
From the closing decades of the eighteenth century, German theology
has been a major intellectual force within modern western thought,
closely connected to important developments in idealism,
romanticism, historicism, phenomenology, and hermeneutics. Despite
its influential legacy, however, no recent attempts have sought to
offer an overview of its history and development. Oxford History of
Modern German Theology, Vol. I: 1781-1848, the first of a
three-volume series, provides the most comprehensive multi-authored
overview of German theology from the period from 1781-1848. Kaplan
and Vander Schel cover categories frequently omitted from earlier
overviews of the time period, such as the place of Judaism in
modern German society, race and religion, and the impact of social
history in shaping theological debate. Rather than focusing on
individual figures alone, Oxford History of Modern German Theology,
Vol. I: 1781-1848 describes the narrative arc of the period by
focusing on broader intellectual and cultural movements, ongoing
debates, and significant events. It furthermore provides a
historical introduction to each of the chronological subsections
that divides the book. Moreover, unlike previous efforts to
introduce this time period and geographical region, the volume
offers chapters covering such previously neglected topics as
religious orders, the influence of Romantic art, secularism,
religious freedom, and important but overlooked scholarly
initiatives such as the Corpus Reformatorum. Attention to such
matters will make this volume an invaluable repository of
scholarship and knowledge and an indispensable reference resource
for decades to come.
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