Tillich and the Abyss: Foundations, Feminism, and Theology of Praxis
Sigridur Gudmarsdottir
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRCM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
This book examines Paul Tillich´s theological concept of the abyss by locating it within the context of current postmodern antifoundalist discussions and debates surrounding feminism, gender, and language. Sigridur Gudmarsdottir develops these tropes into a constructive theology, arguing that Tillich’s idea of the abyss can serve as a necessary means of deconstructing the binaries between the theoretical and the practical in producing nihilistic relativism and the safe foundations of knowledge (divine as well as human).
How does one search for a map and method through an abyss? In his writings, Tillich expressed the ambiguity and groundlessness of being, the ... Read more
This book examines Paul Tillich´s theological concept of the abyss by locating it within the context of current postmodern antifoundalist discussions and debates surrounding feminism, gender, and language. Sigridur Gudmarsdottir develops these tropes into a constructive theology, arguing that Tillich’s idea of the abyss can serve as a necessary means of deconstructing the binaries between the theoretical and the practical in producing nihilistic relativism and the safe foundations of knowledge (divine as well as human).
How does one search for a map and method through an abyss? In his writings, Tillich expressed the ambiguity and groundlessness of being, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
193
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319336534
SKU
V9783319336534
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About Sigridur Gudmarsdottir
Sigridur Gudmarsdottir holds a PhD in constructive theology. She teaches philosophy of religion at the University of Iceland and works as a rural dean in the Lutheran Church of Norway. She lives near the Polar circle and her research weaves together pastoral praxis and academic theory on the edge of the abyss.
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