Between Vision and Obedience--Rethinking Theological Epistemology: Theological Reflections on Rationality and Agency with Special Reference to Paul Ricoeur and G. W. F. Hegel - Hardcover

Ille, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 149826591X ISBN 13: 9781498265911

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2013

Synopsis

The discussions about subject and validation in our late modernity tend to oscillate between the "weak" self of postmodernity ("empty" or "rhetorical") and neo-Cartesian versions trying, as they do, to recover a discredited foundation. Correspondingly, the solutions advanced range from calls for a "New Enlightenment" (in the face of the resurgence of myth and "the irrational") to attempts to "re-enchant the world" (in the face of the growing threat of an impersonal instrumental Reason). The present study seeks to respond theologically to such a situation from the perspective of God's action in and towards the world by engaging two prominent philosophical/theological figures who continue to inform such discussions today, namely, Georg Friedrich Hegel and Paul Ricoeur. The upshot of this response points to a view of rationality that follows the drama of God's engagement with the world, thus involving both dying and resurrection, ascesis and abundance, suffering witness and eucharistic communion.

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About the Author

George Ille is Affiliate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Asbury Theological Seminary.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149826591X
• ISBN 13: 9781498265911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320