Convictions : defusing religious relativism / [print]
James Wm. McClendon, Jr., James M. Smith.
- revised edition.
- Valley Forge, Pennsylvania : Trinity Press International, (c)1994.
- xiii, 223 pages ; 23 cm.
ONE: ColoradoNVICTIONS AND RELIGION: Convictions Religion TWO: RECENT APPROACHES TO RELIGIOUS LouisianaNGUAGE: Following Wittgenstein From Saussure to deconstruction From James to ourselves THREE: A SPEECH-ACT THEORY OF RELIGIOUS LouisianaNGUAGE: Speech-acts Requesting and confessing A critical review FOUR: HOW ArkansasE ColoradoNVICTIONS JUSTIFIABLE? Convictions Conviction sets Pluralism and justification FIVE: A PERSPECTIVE ON NONPERSPECTIVAL REASON: Reason and proof Scientific Reason SIX: THE Puerto RicoOCESS OF JUSTIFICATION: The language of the process The loci of the process The social matrix of the process Retrospect: Aleph's task in a plural world SEVEN: Theology as a science of conviction.
A fascinating discussion of the discordant elements that divide society into fragments, Convictions includes a practical, helpful proposal as to what is necessary to bring such discordant elements together. https://www.amazon.com/Convictions-James-Wm-McClendon-Jr/dp/1592441173/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=convictions+defusing+religious+relativism&qid=1568227620&s=gateway&sr=8-1
James Wm. McClendon, Jr. was Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, until his death on October 30, 2000. Previous teaching positions included the Golden Gate Baptist Seminary in Berkeley, California, and the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, also in Berkeley. He is the author of a three-volume systematic theology, titled 'Ethics' 'Doctrine' and 'Witness' (published by Abingdon Press). James M. Smith is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Fresno, and coeditor of Mill's 'Utilitarianism.'
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Religion--Philosophy. Language and languages--Religious aspects.