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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957454403321

Autore

Hallett Garth

Titolo

Theology within the bounds of language : a methodological tour / / Garth L. Hallett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2011

ISBN

9781438433714

1438433719

9781441687029

1441687025

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

230.01/4

Soggetti

Language and languages - Religious aspects - Christianity

Theology - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The terrain ahead -- Language and thought -- Linguistic spectacles -- Linguistic truth -- Truth's norm -- The norm's feasibility -- Making sense -- Sense versus possibility -- Inference and argument -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the use of language in Christian theology.