Boundaries of Our Habitations
Tradition and Theological Construction
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Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 9780791419663
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 01/07/1994
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
Brown's theory of tradition stands on its own as a significant contribution to the academic study of religions, but it also provides the framework for a challenging critique of contemporary American theologies—conservative, liberal, and radical — and the basis for a novel understanding of the significance of the racial/ethnic, feminist, and class-identified theologies now emerging.
Preface
Introduction: Cicero's Consent
1 Tecumseh, Torahs, and Christs
Tecumseh's Response
Torah's Conclusion
Christs and Christianities
Two Conclusions, Ten Hypotheses
2 Mediating the Past and Present
Interpreting Gadamer
Playing and Being-Played
Grounding the Life of Language
3 Culture and Canon
What Theories are and do
Culture
In Defense of Canon
4 Canon, Chaos and Order
What Canons are and do
Tradition
In Defense of Ritual
5 Imagination and Character
In Defense of Constructive Historicism
Contemporary Theology
What Theolgies are and do
Theology's Consent
Notes
Index
Introduction: Cicero's Consent
1 Tecumseh, Torahs, and Christs
Tecumseh's Response
Torah's Conclusion
Christs and Christianities
Two Conclusions, Ten Hypotheses
2 Mediating the Past and Present
Interpreting Gadamer
Playing and Being-Played
Grounding the Life of Language
3 Culture and Canon
What Theories are and do
Culture
In Defense of Canon
4 Canon, Chaos and Order
What Canons are and do
Tradition
In Defense of Ritual
5 Imagination and Character
In Defense of Constructive Historicism
Contemporary Theology
What Theolgies are and do
Theology's Consent
Notes
Index