The function of Douglas John Hall's theological anthropology in his theological methodology
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Date
1994
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
No theologian can credibly claim to be able to speak on behalf
of the whole human race in all places at all times and under all
circumstances. In recent years theologians stressed the
importance of the particular group. In our day authentic theology
is characterised by the need to know the self (chapter 1).
Douglas John Hall accepts this and therefore consciously
theologises on behalf of those in the dominant culture of the
North .American continent. He describes the primary characteristic
of the human condition of this group of people as the experience
of the failure of their symbolic world. This disintegration is
especially felt with regard to the perception of the human being
(anthropology) .
So, in chapter 2 I focus on Hall's theological anthropological
perception of those in the dominant culture of the North .American
continent.
Hall views the primary task of all disciplines in this context -
including Christian theology - in the present time as providing
resources of meaning in this world of disintegrating symbols.
Consequently, he proposes his theological methodology as such a
resource.
In chapter 3 I focus on Hall's theological methodology as a means
out of this present condition of meaninglessness - due to the
disintegration of especially the anthropological symbol - for
those in the dominant culture of the North American continent
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Magister Theologiae - MTh
Keywords
Human race, Theological thinking, Christianity, Identity