Toward a Renewed Theological Culture: Introduction |
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Authors: | Oliver Dürr Christophe Chalamet |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Hermeneutics and Religious Philosophy, University of Zurich, Kirchgasse 9, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland;2. Faculté de théologie, Université de Genève, 5 rue De-Candolle, Genève 4, 1211 Switzerland |
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Abstract: | This article introduces a series of articles analysing the current state of theology and inquiring about the possibilities of a renewed theological culture (not least within secular societies). It places theology, and more precisely, the conditions of a possible renewal thereof, in several fields of tension. Paradigmatic for secular societies is the tension between theology and the natural sciences. It is argued that theology and the natural sciences cultivate different modes of reasoning on different epistemic levels and that no competition between them has to be construed if one is not caught up in the premises of secularism. A brief summary of each of the contributions follows these initial remarks. |
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Keywords: | theology theological culture spiritual practice renewal science method modernity secularism |
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