Description: God is infinite, but language finite; thus speech would seem to condemn Him to finitude. In speaking of God, would the theologian violate divine transcendence by reducing God to immanence, or choose, rather, to remain silent? At stake in this argument is a core problem of the conditions of divine revelation. How, in terms of language and the limitations of human understanding, can transcendence ever be made known? Does its very appearance not undermine its transcendence, its condition of unknowability?Speech and Theology posits that the paradigm for the encounter between the material and the divine, or the immanent and transcendent, is found in the Incarnation: God's voluntary self-immersion in the human world as an expression of His love for His creation. By this key act of grace, hinged upon Christs condescension to human finitude, philosophy acquires the means not simply to speak of perfection, which is to speak theologically, but to bridge the gap between word and thing in general sense.
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EAN: 9780415276962
UPC: 9780415276962
ISBN: 9780415276962
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Item Length: 23.8 cm
Book Title: Speech and Theology: Language and the Logic of Incarnation
Item Height: 234mm
Item Width: 156mm
Author: James K.A. Smith
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Theology, Popular Philosophy, Christianity
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Year: 2002
Item Weight: 295g
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
