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24%OFFJames K. A. Smith - Who`s Afraid of Relativism? – Community, Contingency, and Creaturehood - 9780801039737 - V9780801039737
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Who`s Afraid of Relativism? – Community, Contingency, and Creaturehood

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Description for Who`s Afraid of Relativism? – Community, Contingency, and Creaturehood Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
Following his successful Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? leading Christian philosopher James K. A. Smith introduces the philosophical sources behind postliberal theology. Offering a provocative analysis of relativism, Smith provides an introduction to the key voices of pragmatism: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Richard Rorty, and Robert Brandom. Many Christians view relativism as the antithesis of absolute truth and take it to be the antithesis of the gospel. Smith argues that this reaction is a symptom of a deeper theological problem: an inability to honor the contingency and dependence of our creaturehood. Appreciating our created finitude as the condition under which we know (and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Ada, MI, United States
ISBN
9780801039737
SKU
V9780801039737
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-50

About James K. A. Smith
James K. A. Smith (PhD, Villanova University) is professor of philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he also holds the Gary and Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. He is the editor of Comment magazine. Smith has authored or edited many books, including Imagining the Kingdom and the Christianity Today Book Award winners Who's ... Read more

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