Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Publication Title
Irish Theological Quarterly
Volume
79
Abstract
This article aims to draw attention, first, to the need to explore the inner plurality of theological discourse, as such plural discourses serve to promote a certain dynamism and fullness within theology as a field, especially in relation to religious studies today. Second, such a potential fullness is reflected in the modern struggle to characterize the relationship between faith and reason. Comprehending the misunderstandings, often construed as an impasse between faith and reason, could foster new relations between scientific methods and theological imaginations. Third, understanding these tensions from a systematic theological perspective also entails a more precise analysis of the structural dynamics between theology and the Church. Our contention is that there must be a permanent, dynamic tension between theology and the institutional structures that are the Church in order for self-critical impulses to be maintained as well as for the individual’s life of faith to find its reason.
Issue
4
Publisher Name
Sage Publishing
Pages
366-380
Recommended Citation
Dickinson, Colby. Searching for a Self-Reflexive Theology: Ways Forward for Systematic Theology in Relation to (Non) Religious Thought in Contemporary Western Culture. Irish Theological Quarterly, 79, 4: 366-380, 2014. Retrieved from Loyola eCommons, Theology: Faculty Publications and Other Works, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021140014541373
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Copyright Statement
© 2014 Colby Dickinson.
Comments
Author Posting. © Colby Dickinson, 2014. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Sage Publishing for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Irish Theological Quarterly 2014, Vol. 79(4) 366–380. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021140014541373.