Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Religion in public
- 2 The ideal speech situation
- 3 Authority and distance in tradition
- 4 Sacred and profane
- 5 Universalism
- 6 Theology and political theory
- 7 Theology, social theory and rationalisation
- 8 Modernity's triumph over theology
- 9 Habermas in dialogue with theologians
- 10 Narrative and argument
- 11 Scriptural difference and scriptural reasoning
- List of references
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Religion in public
- 2 The ideal speech situation
- 3 Authority and distance in tradition
- 4 Sacred and profane
- 5 Universalism
- 6 Theology and political theory
- 7 Theology, social theory and rationalisation
- 8 Modernity's triumph over theology
- 9 Habermas in dialogue with theologians
- 10 Narrative and argument
- 11 Scriptural difference and scriptural reasoning
- List of references
- Index
Summary
My thanks to Andrew Bowie, Charles Elliott, Nicholas Lash and Julian Roberts for encouraging this study in its early days. Colleagues and students at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh read drafts of chapters, and I have benefited greatly from their critical comments. The research for this book was made possible by a research fellowship at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, research leave from the University of Edinburgh, the Arts and Humanities Research Board research leave scheme and a British Academy small project grant, the latter of which facilitated periods of study in Tübingen and Heidelberg. I am particularly indebted to the staff and students at the Evangelisches Stift, Tübingen, for their kind hospitality and friendship during my stay. Finally, I must express my thanks to members of the Society for Scriptural Reasoning, especially Peter Ochs, who read and commented on the final chapter.
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- Habermas and Theology , pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006