Towards a new natural theology based on horizontal transcendence

dc.contributor.authorDu Toit, Cornel W. (Cornelius Willem), 1953-
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-11T05:03:47Z
dc.date.available2015-09-11T05:03:47Z
dc.date.issued2009-08
dc.description.abstractThis article explores a context for designing a new natural theology. The starting point is that traditional developments in this regard, from Augustine to Aquinas, Paley, Boyle and Barth, do not get us much further. Our thinking refl ects our world – a world which has changed dramatically under modern and postmodern infl uences, especially those of the sciences. A new natural theology is simply an account of nature and creatureliness with due regard to scientifi c advances. Consequently natural theology today must start ‘from below’ with a new anthropology that refl ects the worldview of our time. As a result the article rejects absolute transcendence, replacing it with a horizontal transcendence that accords with humans’ biological makeup and with presentday scientifi c thinking. In the framework of horizontal transcendence the pivotal problem of the human condition is no longer death, but life. This has radical implications for theological thinking. The example used in the article is the impact this has on Paul’s theological method. Examples of theology centring on the problem of life are discussed briefl y with reference to Girard, Žižek and Vattimo.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDu Toit, C.W., 2009,‘Towards a new natural theology based on horizontal trancendence’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 65(1),Art. #186, 8 pages. DOI:10.4102/hts.v65i1.186.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v65i1.186
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/49790
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights© 2009. The Authors. Licensee: OpenJournals Publishing. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectNew natural theologyen_ZA
dc.subjectTraditional developmentsen_ZA
dc.subjectModern and postmodern influencesen_ZA
dc.titleTowards a new natural theology based on horizontal transcendenceen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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