1st Edition

Multilateral Theology A 21st Century Theological Methodology

By Timothy T.N Lim Copyright 2021
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

This book introduces a new "multilateral" methodology for the contemporary study of theology. It bases this methodology on the idea that there are too many materials contributing as sources for theologizing to sustain the "one method fits all" approach found in many systematic theologies within Christianity. What is needed instead is something that reflects the various and varied natures,... Read more

1 Introducing Theological Prolegomena

2 Theological Prolegomena and Doctrinal Development : A Historical Overview

3 Scripture and Revelation

Excursus 1 Biblical Inspiration and Infallibility: Responding to The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, 1978

4 History, Tradition and Creeds

5 Reasoned Truth – Philosophy and Theological Methodology

6 Reasoned Truth – Theology, Sciences and Interdisciplinarity

7 Experience – Philosophical, Religious, Theological, Geopolitical

8 Truth and Religious Pluralism

9 Culture and Theological Prolegomena: Culture’s Multi-variegated Contexts for Theologization

10 Conclusion – Centers and Peripherals of Theological-Hermeneutics

Biography

Timothy T.N. Lim is a Visiting Lecturer at the London School of Theology. He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and in membership with the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand. His monograph, Ecclesial Recognition with Hegelian Philosophy, Social Psychology, and Continental Political Theory (2017) charts new ground for intra-Christian relations.