Theological Explanation: A Study of the Meaning and Means of Explaining in Science, History, and Theology |
Contents
THE OCCASION AND SCOPE OF THE ENQUIRY I | 1 |
CONFLICTS OF METHOD | 9 |
CONFLICTS OF METHOD IN THEOLOGY | 15 |
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accept act of explanation act of God act of physical activity actual world affirming Agnosticism answers anthropomorphism appear become believe biblical bound Bultmann character characteristics Christ Christian theology creation demythologising divine doubt empirical methods empiricism empiricist entities evidence explaining the world explanatory expressed external world fact faith forms of explanation genuine ground historian historical method human personality impersonal thing impersonal world interpretation Jesus kind knowledge known limited living logical means of explanation methodological methods of enquiry methods of explanation mind moral experience moral standard myths Natural Theology never obscure observer ourselves personal analogies personal explanation personal revelation personal terms physical world plainly possess possible principle problem progressive revelation questions realm reason recognise remain Revealed Theology scientific sense simply situation speak standpoint statements teleological argument theological explanation tion tradition true truth ultimate explanation understand unity unlike William Paley word world plain