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“Scientific” Theology/“Theological” Science: Pannenberg and the Dialogue Between Theology and Science
Author(s) -
Grenz Stanley J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/0591-2385.2001999200
Subject(s) - objectivism , faith , epistemology , construct (python library) , contingency , philosophy , foundation (evidence) , theology , bridge (graph theory) , sociology , focus (optics) , political science , law , medicine , physics , optics , computer science , programming language
Throughout his distinguished career, Wolfhart Pannenberg has sought to show that the Christian understanding of God is crucial to the pursuit of knowledge. As the essays in Beginning with the End indicate, Pannenberg has attempted to construct a bridge between theology and science via the idea of contingency and the concept of field. His interest in dialogue, however, arises out of a deeper theological foundation, which views theology as a public discipline and sees the human quest for truth as the quest for God. Although susceptible to criticisms that all objectivist approaches at‐tract, this focus on “reasonable faith” provides a helpful point of departure for dialogue.