The article argues that Richard Rorty's idea of edification should be adopted as the central approach of public theology. It begins by outlining Rorty's definition of edification before exploring the argument in Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature which led to this definition. Various critical responses are then explored, especially the critique by Roy Bhaskar that Rorty's approach is politically frivolous. It is suggested, however, that the criticism that Rorty is either relativist or unconcerned with ethical agency is unfair. Instead, rather than being concerned with different types of speaking Truth to power, public theologians should be focused on producing novel, unique and eye-catching redescriptions of social and political phenomena. The article argues that Richard Rorty's idea of edification should be adopted as the central approach of public theology. It begins by outlining Rorty's definition of edification before exploring the argument in Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature which led to this definition. Various critical responses are then explored, especially the critique by Roy Bhaskar that Rorty's approach is politically frivolous. It is suggested, however, that the criticism that Rorty is either relativist or unconcerned with ethical agency is unfair. Instead, rather than being concerned with different types of speaking Truth to power, public theologians should be focused on producing novel, unique and eye-catching redescriptions of social and political phenomena.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2019
توصيف ظاهري
449-471
عنوان
International Journal of Public Theology
شماره جلد
13/4
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1569-7320
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
agency
اصطلاح موضوعی
critical realism
اصطلاح موضوعی
edification
اصطلاح موضوعی
pragmatism
اصطلاح موضوعی
relativism
اصطلاح موضوعی
Richard Rorty
اصطلاح موضوعی
Rowan Williams
اصطلاح موضوعی
Roy Bhaskar
اصطلاح موضوعی
Truth
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