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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Главный автор: Crawford, Nathan (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Sage 2010
В: Irish theological quarterly
Год: 2010, Том: 75, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 300-312
Другие ключевые слова:B Theology
B Фрагмент
B David Tracy
B Импровизация
B Aesthetics
B Postmodern
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Итог: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.
ISSN:1752-4989
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0021140010368514