Theology within the bounds of language : a methodological tour /
Hallett, Garth.
Theology within the bounds of language : a methodological tour / Garth L. Hallett. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011. - x, 265 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index.
The terrain ahead -- Language and thought -- Linguistic spectacles -- Linguistic truth -- Truth's norm -- The norm's feasibility -- Making sense -- Sense versus possibility -- Inference and analogy -- Universal claims (factual) -- Universal claims (moral) -- Privileged senses -- Defining and saying what things are -- The need of examples -- Important linguistic distinctions -- Verbal disagreement -- Verbal agreement -- Interfaith dialogue -- Interfaith identities -- Theological language -- Metaphor -- Mystery.
9781438433691 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1438433697 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2010020729
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Theology--Methodology.
BR115.L25 / H35 2011
230.01/4
Theology within the bounds of language : a methodological tour / Garth L. Hallett. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011. - x, 265 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index.
The terrain ahead -- Language and thought -- Linguistic spectacles -- Linguistic truth -- Truth's norm -- The norm's feasibility -- Making sense -- Sense versus possibility -- Inference and analogy -- Universal claims (factual) -- Universal claims (moral) -- Privileged senses -- Defining and saying what things are -- The need of examples -- Important linguistic distinctions -- Verbal disagreement -- Verbal agreement -- Interfaith dialogue -- Interfaith identities -- Theological language -- Metaphor -- Mystery.
9781438433691 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1438433697 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2010020729
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Theology--Methodology.
BR115.L25 / H35 2011
230.01/4