Abstract

This book, the first full-length treatment of British philosopher and historian R. G. Collingwood from the perspective of the humanities, analyzes his approach to history and its implications for theological hermeneutics. Contents: I. A Rapprochement Between Philosophy and History; II. The Logic of Question and Answer; III. The Doctrine of Absolute Presuppositions; IV. The Historical Imagination; V. Historical Evidence; VI. The Re-Enactment of Past Thought; VII. Some Theological Applications of Collingwood: Bultmann and Pannenberg. Also includes a Selected Bibliography and Index. Co-published with the College Theology Society.