Sociology and Theology

“The vertigo of relativity that historical scholarship has precipitated upon theological thought may … be said to deepen in the perspective of sociology. At this point one is not much helped by the methodological assurance that theology, after all, takes place in a different frame of reference. That...

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Main Author: Berger, Peter L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 1967
In: Theology today
Year: 1967, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 329-336
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Summary:“The vertigo of relativity that historical scholarship has precipitated upon theological thought may … be said to deepen in the perspective of sociology. At this point one is not much helped by the methodological assurance that theology, after all, takes place in a different frame of reference. That assurance comforts only if one is safely established in that frame of reference, if, so to speak, one already has a theology going. The existential question, however, is how one may begin to theologize in the first place.”
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/004057366702400308