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New Testament theology in a secular world : a constructivist work in philosophical epistemology and Christian apologetics /

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: London ; New York : T & T Clark, ©2012Description: viii, 207 pages. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780567324177 (hardback)
  • 0567324176 (hardback)
  • 9780567388889 (pbk.)
  • 0567388883 (pbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Wirklichkeit als Bild. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 225.609 L237N
LOC classification:
  • BT50 .L3613 2012
Contents:
Introduction : indicating the problem -- Stages in the history of thought on the way to constructivism -- The brain as a designer -- Objectivity as intersubjectivity : the interface with sociology of knowledge -- A constructivist sociology of knowledge model -- Implications for theological discourse -- Application of the model to early Christian examples : the new reality of the early Christians -- Rather intellectus intellectui concordat than ens intellectui concordat? : normative reflections on the concept of truth and on intercontextual competition in a pluralistic society -- The prospect for a constructivist theory of historiography -- Appendix: Life after death in selected texts of ancient Judaism.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-183) and indexes.

Introduction : indicating the problem -- Stages in the history of thought on the way to constructivism -- The brain as a designer -- Objectivity as intersubjectivity : the interface with sociology of knowledge -- A constructivist sociology of knowledge model -- Implications for theological discourse -- Application of the model to early Christian examples : the new reality of the early Christians -- Rather intellectus intellectui concordat than ens intellectui concordat? : normative reflections on the concept of truth and on intercontextual competition in a pluralistic society -- The prospect for a constructivist theory of historiography -- Appendix: Life after death in selected texts of ancient Judaism.

Translated from the German edition, Die Wirklichkeit als Bild: das Neue Testament als ein Grunddokument abendländischer Kultur im Lichte konstruktivistischer Epistemologie und Wissenssoziologie, with substantial subsequent revisions and augmentations by the author.

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