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Images of Liberation: Justin, Jesus, and the Jews by Root, Michael (author) is a Arts and Humanities article available to read on EtoBox.
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H OW DO THE various things a theologian says hang together? What sort of coherence is to be sought in the writings of a theologian? If these questions are asked descriptively, then the answer must be that different theologians in different periods have achieved .coherence and unity in quite different ways. The writings of Karl Rahner and those of Martin Luther each come together to form comprehensive visions of the Christian life and message; yet the two differ not just in the content of their vision, but also in the ways the varying things each says interrelate to form coherent unities. When we approach the writings of a theologian and ask what sort of coherence and unity holds together the various things said, we must be open to the many forms coherence and unity can take. The search for coherence and unity can be specially difficult with some of the early Fathers. If one's paradigm of theological coherence and unity is Aquinas or Schleiermacher, the writings of Justin Martyr or Ignatius of Antioch may seem to be a welter of implausible connections and hidden contradictions. The problem, however, might be more in the choice of paradigm than in the writings themselves. One might c
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- Author
- Root, Michael (author)
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Published
- 1984
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)