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Discerning the Mystery Andrew Louth (Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, University of London)

Discerning the Mystery By Andrew Louth (Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, University of London)

Discerning the Mystery by Andrew Louth (Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, University of London)

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This book examines the presuppositions of the claims of the Enlightenment, and then shows how the traditional ways of theology can be seen to retain their validity.

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Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology by Andrew Louth (Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, University of London)

This book seeks to exorcize the spectre of the Enlightenment by drawing on H. G. Gadamer's demonstration of `how little the traditions in which we stand are weakened' by the legacy of the Enlightenment. It then applies these insights to theology where the importance of tradition and the unity between theology and spirituality are rediscovered.

Discerning the Mystery Reviews

`a Yeatsian reverie' Times Literary Supplement
'Mr Louth writes like an angel' Theology
`A most learned, well-written and provoking book, with some surprises for all' Expository Times
'It deserves to be widely studied and discussed ... Louth has given us a programme to occupy our attention for some time.' John McIntyre, Religious Studies
'The reader finds himself being drawn into a long and fascinating conversation in which poets meet philosophers, philosophers meet theologians, and theologians encounter historians and literary critics. Claudel, Goethe, T. S. Eliot, Gadamer, Polanyi, Marcel, Lossky, de Lubac, Torrance, to mention only some, all make their contribution.' PN Review
'it remains an interesting and original attempt to grapple with the nature of theology ... This book needs to be read as an eloquent protest against the dryness of much modern theology and biblical interpretation' Peter Forster, St John's College, Durham, Anvil, Vol.8, No.1, 1991

Table of Contents

Dissociation of sensibility; the legacy of the enlightenment; science and mystery; tradition and the tacit; return to allegory; living the mystery.

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NLS9780198261964
9780198261964
0198261969
Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology by Andrew Louth (Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, University of London)
Andrew Louth (Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, Professor of Cultural History, Goldsmiths' College, University of London)
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Oxford University Press
1989-10-26
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