1st Edition

Paradox and Contradiction in Theology

Edited By Jonathan Rutledge Copyright 2024
220 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores and expounds upon questions of paradox and contradiction in theology with an emphasis on recent contributions from analytic philosophical theology. It addresses questions such as: What is the place of paradox in theology? Where might different systems of logic (e.g., paraconsistent ones) find a place in theological discourse (e.g., Christology)? What are proper responses to the... Read more

Introduction: At the Limit of Comprehension

Jonathan C. Rutledge

1. The Problem of Paradox in Analytic Christology

Sarah Coakley

2. True Contradictions in Theology

Greg Restall

3. What is the Aim of Contradictory Christology

Sean Ebels-Duggan

4. Ten Objections to Contradictory Christology

Jc Beall

5. Contradictory Christ Without Contradictory Christology

Kenneth Boyce

6. Seeming is Believing? An Exploration of Doxastic Responses to the Christological Paradox

James N. Anderson

7. Dialectical Jesus

Elena Ficara

8. Karl Barth on the Mixed Blessing of Paradoxical Theology

Andrew B. Torrance

9. Paradox and Human Flourishing: Ecclesiastes

Eleonore Stump

10. Analogy Without Evisceration: Irreducible Analogies in Theology

Dawn Eschenauer Chow

11. Mystery at the Spandrels

Spencer Johnston and Daniel Molto

12. Paradox and Conceptual Iconography

Eric Yang

Biography

Jonathan C. Rutledge is a John and Daria Barry Research Fellow in the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, USA.