Fabric of Theology
A Prolegomenon to Evangelical Theology
Published on 2. December 1993
268 pages
978-1-4674-2018-1 (ISBN)
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This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. After showing that today's evangelicals have not fared well in the crucible of modern pluralism, Lints argues that in order to regain spiritual wholeness, evangelicals must relearn how to think and live theologically. This book highlights several cultural and theological impediments to doing theology from an evangelical perspective, interacts with postmodernism as a theological method, and provides a provocative new outline for the construction of a truly "transformative" evangelical theology in the modern age.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Theology: Texts and Contexts
- 1. Preliminaries to Prolegomena
- Introduction
- The Nature and Purpose of a Theological Vision
- Philosophical Assumptions
- 2. The Face of Evangelicalism and the Task of Evangelical Theology
- Defining Evangelicalism
- The Second Great Awakening and the Evangelical Empires
- The Fundamentals and the War with Modernism
- Social Engagement and Adaptation
- Identity and Independence
- A Theological Patchwork Quilt
- 3. The Foundation of Theology
- Epistemological Grace
- The Use of the Bible in Theology
- Stages of Reorientation
- The Strange Unity of Two Authors
- Redemptive History and the Progress of Theology
- Concluding Comments
- 4. The Trajectory of Theology
- Introduction
- The Use of Tradition in Theology
- The Distant Past
- Antitraditionalism
- Antitraditional Traditionalism
- The Private Bible
- The Parachurch Church
- Temporal Piety
- The Mean between Two Extremes
- The Use of Culture in Theology
- The Power and Ambiguity of Culture
- Modern Culture
- Populist Culture and Popular Dissent
- Theological Responsibilities
- The Use of Reason in Theology
- Native and Cultural Rationality
- Irresistible Beliefs
- Skepticism and Doubt
- Internal and External Reason
- Part II. Theology: Past and Present
- 5. The Theological Past
- Introduction
- The Magisterial Reformation
- Martin Luther
- John Calvin
- The Reformed Scholastics
- Jonathan Edwards
- Geerhardus Vos
- 6. The Theological Present
- Introduction
- What Is Postmodern Theology?
- The Cultural Setting of Postmodern Theology
- The Roots of Postmodern Theology
- The Enlightenment Legacy: The Critique of Authority
- The Enlightenment Legacy: The Critique of Purpose
- The Character of Postmodern Theology
- Ecclesial Authority
- Theological Realism
- Epistemic Pragmatism
- Theology as Hermeneutic
- Evangelical and Postmodern Theology
- Theology and Publicness
- Theology and the Critique of Modernity
- Theology and Pluralism
- Theology and Liberation
- Theology, Language, and the Bible
- Conclusion
- Part III. Theology: Frameworks and Visions
- 7. The Theological Nature of the Bible
- Introduction
- Redemptive History
- Redemptive Revelation
- Redemptive Theology
- Structure and Content
- Theological Narrative
- Organic Unity
- A Note on Method
- The Redemptive Theologian
- Interpretive Expectations
- The Community
- The Redemptive Matrix: A Suggestion
- 8. From Biblical Text to Theological Framework
- Sola Scriptura
- The Three Horizons of Redemptive Interpretation
- The Textual Horizon
- The Epochal Horizon
- The Canonical Horizon
- The Task of Mirroring
- 9. From Theological Framework to Theological Vision
- Introduction
- Theology and the Pieces of Culture
- Theology and the Church
- Theology and Popular Culture
- Theology and the Academy
- Afterword
- Bibliography
