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Fides Quaerens Intellectum : Reflections towards an Explorative Theology 1
Author(s) -
ULRICH HANS G.,
Brock Brian
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of systematic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1468-2400
pISSN - 1463-1652
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2400.2006.00182.x
Subject(s) - fides , postmodernism , epistemology , philosophy , theology , sociology , faith
The postmodern critique has rendered traditional justifications of the practice of research incredible. Further, the status of theological research, in which ‘the discovery of new facts’ or the like is at best ambiguous as an aim, must be under question. This article argues that the aim of theological research is to discover what life lived as if theological claims were true might look like.