A Theology More Useful: Public Theology as Edification

The article argues that Richard Rorty’s idea of edification should be adopted as the central approach of public theology. It begins by outlining Rorty’s definition of edification before exploring the argument in Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature which led to this definition. Various critical respo...

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Main Author: Smith, Graeme (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: International journal of public theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 13, Issue: 4, Pages: 449-471
RelBib Classification:FA Theology
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Richard Rorty
B edification
B Agency
B Critical Realism
B Pragmatism
B Roy Bhaskar
B Relativism
B Rowan Williams
B Truth
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