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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Main Author: Crawford, Nathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2010
In: 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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