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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789004665651
Qualifying information (electronic book)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9789004114401
Qualifying information (print)
024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1163/9789004665651
Source of number or code DOI
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System control number (OCoLC)1256505252
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Original cataloging agency NL-LeKB
Transcribing agency NL-LeKB
Description conventions rda
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BV3
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code HRCM
Source bicssc
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code REL
Subject category code subdivision 067000
Source bisacsh
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 230/.2
Edition information 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Viau, Marcel,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Practical Theology :
Remainder of title A New Approach /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Marcel Viau.
246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title A New Approach
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden ;
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Brill,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 1999.
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©1999
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Content type term text
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Media type term computer
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338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term online resource
Source rdacarrier
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Empirical Studies in Theology ;
Volume/sequential designation 2
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy - Book Archive pre-2000
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title Preliminary Material /
Statement of responsibility Marcel Viau -- Introduction /
-- Marcel Viau -- Ackowledgments /
-- Marcel Viau -- Part I Experience /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter One The Empiricists' View /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Two The Rediscovery of Pragmatism /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Three Signs in Language /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Part II Language /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Four Beyond Understanding /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Five To Resolve Paradoxes /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Six Epitaph for Epistemology /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Seven The Uses of Language /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Part III Belief /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Eight What is Truth? /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Nine Vital Belief /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Ten The Belief and the Sentence /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Conclusion /
-- Marcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Bibliography /
-- Marcel Viau -- Index /
-- Marcel Viau.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Why speak about a new practical theology, when practical theology seems to be as old as theology itself? Is another "new approach" really necessary? The work aims to set practical theology on a new foundation as it explores the discipline's modes of discourse, leaving aside the question of contents. Practical theology is examined from the point of view of its workings, as it attempts to grasp and give account of faith practices. In the course of this examination, questions relative to the linguistic apparatus are raised. Is this apparatus always coherent? Does it allow for the creation of a relevant theological discourse? On what philosophical traditions does it depend? Experience, language and belief are key notions around which the whole system revolves. The perspective adopted here is largely indebted to contemporary American philosophy. Pragmatism (Peirce, James, Dewey, Rorty) and Analytic philosophy (Quine, Goodman, Putnam, Davidson) are employed in a quest for new epistemological footings. While the result is at times disconcerting, it brings with it a surprisingly rich contribution to reflection in the field. This book offers theologians a tool which allows them to construct theological discourses which are anchored in faith practices. It fills a void in contemporary theology. Many theologians, no longer content to simply teach at a university, have chosen to work in close collaboration with Christian communities or with groups interested in the relationships between religion and society. Up to this point, theologians such as these have not had the tools at their disposal which would allow them to take account of their own practices. Opening out into many fields, Practical Theology. A New Approach will also be of interest to any researcher, philosopher or scientist, who is interested in the questions surrounding the construction of discourse based on human practices, whatever their provenance.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note English
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Source of description note Description based on print version record.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Language and languages
General subdivision Religious aspects
-- Catholic Church.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Pastoral theology
General subdivision Catholic Church.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Theology, Practical.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Title Practical Theology : A New Approach.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999.
International Standard Book Number 9789004114401
Record control number (OCoLC)40948514
-- (DLC) 99024525
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Empirical Studies in Theology ;
Volume/sequential designation 2.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy - Book Archive pre-2000.
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Public note DOI:
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004665651">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004665651</a>

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