Reviews for Kierkegaard and Theology

The average rating for Kierkegaard and Theology based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-07-08 00:00:00 Raymond John Manogue According to Crisp and Rea, the analytic school (especially philosophy) is interested in rhetorical clarity and the possibility of knowledge outside the natural sciences (3ff). Its aim at clarity is to spell out hidden assumptions. Some essays were magnificent. Others seemed to miss the mark. The latter would posit topic A (say, the problem of evil) and then spend most of the essay talking about personalism and never really integrate the two. But that shouldn't detract from the truly outstanding essays by Crisp, McCall, Rauser, and to an extent, Wolterstorff. Crisp introduced the topic of analytic theology and nicely distanced it from ontotheology (i.e., positing God as a being among beings). Analytic theology took a metaphysical turn after everyone saw that the Vienna school was discredited. Analytic theology asks what are the ultimate constituents of the world and how they interact. Thomas McCall gives a fine critique of Barth's view of Scripture, noting that it contradicts Barth's Christology; if God has sovereignly limited himself in human flesh, then who are we to say that God can't do so in the Bible? Wolterstorff explains how analytic theology became possible in the 20th century. "A consequence of the demise of logical positivism has proved to be that the theme of limits on the thinkable and the assertible has lost virtually all interest for philosophers in the analytic tradition" (Wolterstorff 157). I don't see Merold Westphal's essay as an attack on analytic philosophy, but rather a seeking of assurance that it won't become autonomous and devolve into ontolotheology. Sarah Coakley ends the discussion noting convergences between William Alston's religious experience epistemology and certain contributions of feminism. Or so she says. I think she had a good essay and I agreed with her analysis of Alston, but I just didn't notice anything "feminist" about it.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-08-06 00:00:00 Michael Quinn 6/10 Widely variable quality of essays. Will rank and name highlights and lowlights in time.