‘Theological complexity’ and the blindness of theory-barbarism in a pastoral hermeneutics: towards the ‘infiniscience of god’ in processes of hoping and faithful knowing (epistemology)

Theory formation in theology is often directed by the rationalistic principle of simplification. In pastoral caregiving, it leads to the tendency to offer instant answers to the very complex notion of ‘meaning in suffering’. In this regard, the question surfaces whether the philosophical construct o...

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Main Author: Louw, D. J. 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2016]
In: Scriptura
Year: 2016, Volume: 115, Pages: 1-19
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hope / Suffering / Idea of God / Theodicy / Hermeneutics / Practical theology
IxTheo Classification:NBC Doctrine of God
RA Practical theology
RG Pastoral care
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