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A study of how replacing Enlightenment concepts of objectivity with a more ambiguous postmodern understanding allows speech about the truth of the Gospel.
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, modern thinkers came to believe that our notion of truth should be objective, certain, and precise. Mathematics became the model for how truth should be conceptualized, and we sought to eliminate ideas that were vague, ambiguous, or contradictory. The teachings of Jesus, however, are often vague, ambiguous, and even contradictory. Fortunately, a twenty-first century understanding of the human condition has debunked the modern notion of truth, showing it to be truncated at best.
We are now free to rethink our notion of truth in a way that is compatible with the things that Jesus said and did, and equally compatible with what we now know to be our access to truth given the limits of our human condition. This volume sets out to explore these issues in depth and examine what it might mean for us to speak of the truth of the Gospel in a twenty-first century context.
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, modern thinkers came to believe that our notion of truth should be objective, certain, and precise. Mathematics became the model for how truth should be conceptualized, and we sought to eliminate ideas that were vague, ambiguous, or contradictory. The teachings of Jesus, however, are often vague, ambiguous, and even contradictory. Fortunately, a twenty-first century understanding of the human condition has debunked the modern notion of truth, showing it to be truncated at best.
We are now free to rethink our notion of truth in a way that is compatible with the things that Jesus said and did, and equally compatible with what we now know to be our access to truth given the limits of our human condition. This volume sets out to explore these issues in depth and examine what it might mean for us to speak of the truth of the Gospel in a twenty-first century context.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 156
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
31 May 2012
Trim Size: 9.02 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9780227680018
Format: Paperback
...the distinction he makes between an unattainable and objective certainty in the gospels and the gospel as a faith-filled journey is epistemologically stimulating. [...]Danaher's book is thought-provoking and profoundly positive.
— Ben D. Craver
We in religion concentrate so much on what we know for certain, but there has always been too little self critique about 'How do we know what we think we know?' This clear and well-written book is both very honest and very helpful on the subject. No one will lose their faith here -- perhaps many will find it for the first time! I am happy someone has written this much-needed book, and I hope it is used in classrooms, by many seekers, and in the churches.
— Richard Rohr OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation
...there are many Christians for whom this is just the book to start them on a journey away from simplistic biblical fundamentalisms and towards a humbler, more realistic understanding of how we can relate to Jesus.
— Jonathan Clatworthy
... a helpful introduction to postmodern engagement of Scripture and Christian life.
— Nicholas Daniels, Regent University, in Theological Book Review , Vol 25, No 1
— Ben D. Craver
We in religion concentrate so much on what we know for certain, but there has always been too little self critique about 'How do we know what we think we know?' This clear and well-written book is both very honest and very helpful on the subject. No one will lose their faith here -- perhaps many will find it for the first time! I am happy someone has written this much-needed book, and I hope it is used in classrooms, by many seekers, and in the churches.
— Richard Rohr OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation
...there are many Christians for whom this is just the book to start them on a journey away from simplistic biblical fundamentalisms and towards a humbler, more realistic understanding of how we can relate to Jesus.
— Jonathan Clatworthy
... a helpful introduction to postmodern engagement of Scripture and Christian life.
— Nicholas Daniels, Regent University, in Theological Book Review , Vol 25, No 1
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Objectivity
3 A Phenomenal Understanding
4 The Phenomenal Nature of Spiritual Experience
5 The Quest for Certainty
6 A Mechanical Universe
7 The Nature of the Gospel Journey
8 Modern Reason
9 The Other Logic
10 Reasoning about God
11 The Gospel after Modernity
12 Understanding Our God Experiences
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Objectivity
3 A Phenomenal Understanding
4 The Phenomenal Nature of Spiritual Experience
5 The Quest for Certainty
6 A Mechanical Universe
7 The Nature of the Gospel Journey
8 Modern Reason
9 The Other Logic
10 Reasoning about God
11 The Gospel after Modernity
12 Understanding Our God Experiences
Bibliography
Index