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Theology without Metaphysics: God, Language and the Spirit of Recognition

Kevin W. Hector

9780521279703

Cambridge University Press


Religion & beliefs; Nature & existence of God; Theology

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312 pages

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One of the central arguments of post-metaphysical theology is that language is inherently 'metaphysical' and consequently that it shoehorns objects into predetermined categories. Because God is beyond such categories, it follows that language cannot apply to God. Drawing on recent work in theology and philosophy of language, Kevin Hector develops an alternative account of language and its relation to God, demonstrating that one need not choose between fitting God into a metaphysical framework, on the one hand, and keeping God at a distance from language, on the other. Hector thus elaborates a 'therapeutic' response to metaphysics: given the extent to which metaphysical presuppositions about language have become embedded in common sense, he argues that metaphysics can be fully overcome only by defending an alternative account of language and its application to God, so as to strip such presuppositions of their apparent self-evidence and release us from their grip.

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By:   Kevin W. Hector
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   430g
ISBN:  

9780521279703


ISBN 10:   0521279704
Series:   Current Issues in Theology
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   January 2012
Audience:   Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock at Abbey's Bookshop
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Preface; 1. Therapy for metaphysics; 2. Concepts, rules, and the spirit of recognition; 3. Meaning and meanings; 4. Reference and presence; 5. Truth and correspondence; 6. Emancipating theology; Index.

Kevin Hector is Assistant Professor of Theology and of the Philosophy of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His essays have appeared in Modern Theology, the International Journal of Systematic Theology, the Scottish Journal of Theology, the Journal of Religion and Expository Times.

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