Habermas and theology
How can the world's religious traditions debate with each other within the public sphere? This book shows the importance for theologians of Habermas' approaches to this question. It argues that rather than suspending their deep reasoning to facilitate debate, religious traditions need to make their reasoning public, possibly using 'scriptural reasoning'.
Print Book, English, 2006
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2006
ix, 267 p. ; 23 cm
9780521862660, 9780521681148, 0521862663, 0521681146
954107396
1. Religion in public; 2. The ideal speech situation; 3. Authority and distance in tradition; 4. Sacred and profane; 5. Universalism; 6. Theology and political theory; 7. Theology, social theory and rationalisation; 8. Modernity's triumph over theology; 9. Habermas in dialogue with theologians; 10. Narrative and argument; 11. Scriptural difference and scriptural reasoning.