Analytic theology as a way of life

Many theologians reject analytic theology because they find it too abstract and spiritually sterile to count as genuine theology. In contrast, I argue that analytic theology may be understood as a spiritual practice. It is an authentic development of a tradition of Christian philosophical theology,...

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Main Author: Wood, W
Format: Journal article
Published: Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame and Baylor University 2014
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Summary:Many theologians reject analytic theology because they find it too abstract and spiritually sterile to count as genuine theology. In contrast, I argue that analytic theology may be understood as a spiritual practice. It is an authentic development of a tradition of Christian philosophical theology, which includes Anselm and Aquinas as members, and which treats theology as both theoretical and practical at once.