The Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology

This volume will be an important addition to anyone interested in the given topic, both students and established scholars alike ... the volume should be an essential resource in the field for years to come.

Auteur
William J. Abraham is Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at Southern Methodist University. His publications include Divine Revelation and the Limits of Historical Criticism (2000) and Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology (OUP, 1998). Frederick D. Aquino is Professor of Theology and Philosophy at the Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian University. He specializes in religious epistemology, the epistemology of theology, John Henry Newman, and Maximus the confessor. He is the co-editor of Receptions of Newman (OUP, 2015).

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This handbook considers the epistemology of theology, featuring 41 chapters on theology relative epistemic concepts and general epistemic concepts as related to theology, and on studies of individual theologians from St Paul through to Hans Urs von Balthasar and of contemporary movements such as liberation theology and feminism.

Résumé
The Oxford Handbook of the Epistemology of Theology brings together leading scholars in the fields of theology and epistemology to examine and articulate what can be categorized as appropriate epistemic evaluation in theology. Part one focuses on some of the epistemic concepts that have been traditionally employed in theology such as knowledge of God, revelation and scripture, reason and faith, experience, and tradition. This section also considers concepts that have not received sufficient epistemological attention in theology, such as saints, authority, ecclesial practices, spiritual formation, and discernment. Part two concentrates on epistemic concepts that have received significant attention in contemporary epistemology and can be related to theology such as understanding, wisdom, testimony, virtue, evidence, foundationalism, realism/antirealism, scepticism, and disagreement. Part three offers examples from key figures in the Christian tradition and investigates the relevant epistemological issues and insights in these writers, as well as recognizing the challenges of connecting insights from contemporary epistemology with the subject of theology proper, namely, God. Part four centres on five emerging areas that warrant further epistemological consideration: liberation theology, continental philosophy, modern orthodox writers, feminism, and Pentecostalism. This authoritative collection explores how the various topics, figures, and emerging conversations can be reconceived and addressed in light of recent developments in epistemology. Each chapter provides an analysis of the crucial moves, positions, and debates, while also identifying relevant epistemic considerations. This handbook fulfils the need for the development of this new conversation that will take its natural place in the intersection of theology and epistemology. It links the fields of theology and epistemology in robust, meaningful, and significant ways.

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• List of Contributors

• Introduction: The Epistemology of Theology

• PART I: EPISTEMIC CONCEPTS WITHIN THEOLOGY

• 1: John Greco: Knowledge of God

• 2: Sandra Menssen and Thomas Sullivan: Revelation and Scripture

• 3: Lara Buchak: Reason and Faith

• 4: Thomas D. Senor: The Experiential Grounding of Religious Belief

• 5: John Cottingham: Saints and Saintliness

• 6: Linda Zagzebski: Authority in Religious Communities

• 7: Paul K. Moser: The Inner Witness of the Spirit

• 8: Mark Wynn: Tradition

• 9: Colin M. McGuigan and Brad Kallenberg: Ecclesial Practices

• 10: Frederick D. Aquino: Spiritual Formation, Authority, and Discernment

• PART II: GENERAL EPISTEMIC CONCEPTS RELATED TO THEOLOGY

• 11: Jonathan L. Kvanvig: Understanding

• 12: Stephen R. Grimm: Wisdom in Theology

• 13: Jennifer Lackey: The Epistemology of Testimony and Religious Belief

• 14: Jason Baehr: Virtue

• 15: Trent Dougherty: Evidence and Theology

• 16: Michael Bergmann: Foundationalism

• 17: Christopher J. Insole: Realism and Anti-realism

• 18: liam Dunaway and John Hawthorne: Scepticism

• 19: Nathan L. King and Thomas Kelly: Diasgreement and the Epistemoogy of Theology

• PART III: SAMPLINGS FROM THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION

• 20: Paul K. Moser: Paul the Apostle

• 21: Robert M. Berchman: Origen of Alexandria

• 22: Scott MacDonald: Augustine

• 23: Frederick D. Aquino: Maximus the Confessor

• 24: William J. Abraham: Symeon the New Theologian

• 25: David Brown: Anselm

• 26: James Brent, O.P.: Thomas Aquinas

• 27: Scott M. Williams: John Duns Scotus

• 28: A. S. McGrade: Richard Hooker

• 29: Steven Payne: Teresa of Avila

• 30: Douglas M. Koskela: John Wesley

• 31: William J. Wainwright: Jonathan Edwards

• 32: Kevin W. Hector: Friedrich Schleiermacher

• 33: M. G. Piety: Søren Kierkegaard

• 34: Cyril O'Regan: John Henry Newman

• 35: Paul T. Nimmo: Karl Barth

• 36: Victoria S. Harrison: Hans Urs von Balthasar

• Part IV: EMERGING CONVERSATIONS

• 37: Devin Singh: Liberation Theology

• 38: J. Aaron Simmons: Continental Philosophy

• 39: Paul L. Gavrilyuk: Modern Orthodox Thinkers

• 40: Harriet Harris: The Epistemology of Feminist Theology

• 41: James K. A. Smith: Pentecostalism