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020			_a9789004665651 _q(electronic book)
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024	7		_a10.1163/9789004665651 _2DOI
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082	0	4	_a230/.2 _223
100	1		_aViau, Marcel, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPractical Theology : _bA New Approach / _cMarcel Viau.
246	3		_aA New Approach
264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill, _c1999.
264		4	_c©1999
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aEmpirical Studies in Theology ; _v2
490	1		_aReligious Studies, Theology and Philosophy - Book Archive pre-2000
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_tPreliminary Material / _rMarcel Viau -- Introduction / _rMarcel Viau -- Ackowledgments / _rMarcel Viau -- Part I Experience / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter One The Empiricists' View / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Two The Rediscovery of Pragmatism / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Three Signs in Language / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Part II Language / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Four Beyond Understanding / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Five To Resolve Paradoxes / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Six Epitaph for Epistemology / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Seven The Uses of Language / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Part III Belief / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Eight What is Truth? / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Nine Vital Belief / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Chapter Ten The Belief and the Sentence / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Conclusion / _rMarcel Viau, Robert Hurley, and Chantal Tanguay -- Bibliography / _rMarcel Viau -- Index / _rMarcel Viau.
520			_aWhy 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			_aEnglish
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xReligious aspects _xCatholic Church.
650		0	_aPastoral theology _xCatholic Church.
650		0	_aTheology, Practical.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tPractical Theology : A New Approach. _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999. _z9789004114401 _w(OCoLC)40948514 _w(DLC) 99024525
830		0	_aEmpirical Studies in Theology ; _v2.
830		0	_aReligious Studies, Theology and Philosophy - Book Archive pre-2000.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004665651
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