Who's afraid of relativism? : community, contingency, and creaturehood /

"Smith introduces the philosophical sources behind postliberal theology. Offering a provocative analysis of relativism, Smith provides an introduction to the key voices of pragmatism: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Richard Rorty, and Robert Brandom. Many Christians view relativism as the antithesis of ab...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, James K. A., 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, [2014]
Series:Church and postmodern culture.
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Table of Contents:
  • "It depends" : creation, contingency, and the specter of relativism
  • Community as context : Wittgenstein on "meaning as use"
  • Who's afraid of contingency? : owning up to our creaturehood with Rorty
  • Reasons to believe : making faith explicit after Brandom
  • The (inferential) nature of doctrine : postliberalism as Christian pragmatism
  • Epilogue: How to be a conservative relativist.