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Theology and the Social Sciences

by Michael Barnes

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

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Original essays demonstrate that sociology, history, anthropology, and psychology all leave their mark on theology and open new paths to understanding, and that theology in turn provides significant questions and perspectives for the social sciences. By providing archeological data, sociological theory, demographics and economic data, psychological insights, and new methods of historical interpretation, the social sciences can open the way for a more sophisticated understanding of the social nature of human existence. Theology challenges the social sciences through moral and transcendental questions as well as informs the social sciences through its larger and deeper perspectives. The symbiotic nature of this relationship is described in the lead-off essays by John Coleman and Gregory Baum. The rich conversation between theologians and sociologists that follows moves from Von Balthasar's use of the social sciences and Rahner's approach to ecumenism to the roles of psychology and neuropsychology in understanding religious events. Michael Barnes holds the Alumni Chair in the Humanities and is a professor of religious studies at the University of Dayton. He is the author of In the Presence of Mystery: An Introduction to the Story of Human Religiousness (XXIII, 1990) and Stages of Thought: the Co-Evolution of Religious Thought and Science (Oxford, 2000).
Theology and the Social Sciences and Theology And The Dialogue Of Religions
Theology And The Dialogue Of ReligionsTheology and the Social Sciences

  • Author

    Michael Barnes

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Wipf & Stock Publishers

  • Published

    May 2018

  • Weight

    391g

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781532646188

  • ISBN-10

    1532646186

  • Eden Code

    4741675

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