The Anglo-American paradigm : lost and found in current Theology

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Stone, Jerome A.

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Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria

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The main Western paradigm involves: 1) dichotomous thinking, 2) valuing abstraction and stability, 3) the quest for certainty, 4) search for foundations and proper method, and 5) a precise language. Postmodernism often favors the mirror images of these five. There is a third approach in many Anglo-American writers which involves neither alternatives. This article analyzes four contemporary theologians, two of whom, Mark C Taylor and George Lindbeck, are rooted in the newer tradition and two, Phil Hefner and Delwin Brown, in the Anglo-American. This essay may be considered a plea to avoid the traditional postmodern dichotomy.

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George Arthur Lindbeck (1923-2018), Mark Taylor, Philip Hefner, Delwin Brown

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Stone, JA 1996, 'The Anglo-American paradigm : lost and found in current Theology', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 52, no. 2&3, pp. 415-430.