Theology as Improvisation: Seeking the Unstructured Form of Theology with David Tracy
This article holds that theology is improvisation, as both theology and improvisation use a similar logic. The argument consists of three steps. First, the article critiques current theological aesthetics for the inability to think through the implications of using the theological notion of the Infi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2010
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2010, Volume: 75, Issue: 3, Pages: 300-312 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B David Tracy B Aesthetics B Postmodern B Improvisation B Fragment |
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| Summary: | This article holds that theology is improvisation, as both theology and improvisation use a similar logic. The argument consists of three steps. First, the article critiques current theological aesthetics for the inability to think through the implications of using the theological notion of the Infinite when referring to God. By necessity the language ends up collapsing under its own weight. I argue that we need a new form for thinking theologically and I propose the form of improvisation. I then turn to improvisation because of its propensity to pursue the unstructured, the formless. I argue that this is a similar logic to what must be used in theology. Lastly, I turn to the work of David Tracy to articulate what theology as improvisation may entail. I argue that with Tracy’s articulation of the fragment, we see the improvisational nature of theology. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140010368514 |