Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context
By Stanley J. Grenz
November 12, 2006
This is an excellent book, but definitely not for the faint of heart. It’s wrtten for the academic who doesn’t mind wading through the swamps of intellectual debates to find gold.
The book is comprehensive in scope, surveying many different streams of thought and highlighting the need for a nonfoundational (or postfoundational) theology in a postmodern context. The authors delve through many histories — philosophical, theological, cultural and ecclesiological — to call its readers beyond the foundational sources of theology and toward the Spirit behind those sources. In the task of theology, the purpose of examining Scripture, tradition and culture is to hear the Spirit’s voice in these sources.
I like their emphasis on the narrative of Scripture in its and our cultural context, and the necessity of Christian community for the interpretation of our theological sources. Ultimately, this book is a great primer for understanding the various schools of thought in theology, philosophy and culture — and why we are at a place for a new way of dealing with theology in the Christian community today.
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