
The Theological Project of Modernism
Faith and the Conditions of Mineness
Kevin W. Hector(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 25. June 2015
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Hardback
286 pages
978-0-19-872264-9 (ISBN)
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Modernism's theological project was an attempt to explain two things: firstly, how faith might enable persons to experience their lives as hanging together, even in the face of disintegrating forces like injustice, tragedy, and luck; and secondly, how one could see such faith, and so a life held together by it, as self-expressive.
Modern theologians such as Kant, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Ritschl, and Tillich thus offer accounts of how one's life would have to hang together such that one could identify with it; of the oppositions which stand in the way of such hanging-together; of God as the one by whom oppositions are overcome, such that one can have faith that one's life ultimately hangs together; and of what such faith would have to be like in order for one to identify with it, too. So understood, modern theology not only sheds light on faith's potential role in enabling persons to identify with their lives, but stands in unexpected continuity with contemporary 'contextual' theologies.
This book offers clear, careful readings of modernism's key figures in order to explain their relevance to practical concerns and to contemporary understandings of faith.
Modern theologians such as Kant, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Ritschl, and Tillich thus offer accounts of how one's life would have to hang together such that one could identify with it; of the oppositions which stand in the way of such hanging-together; of God as the one by whom oppositions are overcome, such that one can have faith that one's life ultimately hangs together; and of what such faith would have to be like in order for one to identify with it, too. So understood, modern theology not only sheds light on faith's potential role in enabling persons to identify with their lives, but stands in unexpected continuity with contemporary 'contextual' theologies.
This book offers clear, careful readings of modernism's key figures in order to explain their relevance to practical concerns and to contemporary understandings of faith.
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Hector's readings of each of these figures are impressively clear, fluid, and sensitive to the many contexts and influences that shaped each thinker's way of approaching the problem. Hector is a skillful synthesizer, and there is something to be learned from each of his readings. * Noreen Khawaja, Journal of Religion * This is a clear and judicious book, providing accessible snapshots to significant thinkers, and it is also to be praised for presenting an engaging account of insights that analytic theology can offer. * Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, The Expository Times *More details
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Kevin W. Hector is Associate Professor of Theology and of the Philosophy of Religions at the University of Chicago. He teaches theology and philosophy of religions and his research focuses on the intersections between modern theology and philosophy.
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Assistant Professor of Theology and of the Philosophy of ReligionsAssociate Professor of Theology and of the Philosophy of Religions, The University of Chicago
Content
1. Faith and Mineness ; 2. Giving Oneself the Law ; 3. Harmonizing Dependence ; 4. Reconciling Spirit ; 5. Personalizing Faith ; 6. Integrating In-Spite-Of