On Theological Aporias
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2023
Abstract
Modern theology has attended explicitly to issues concerning method, that is, how theological authors creatively offer interpretations that advance disciplinary knowledge. This article explores the role of aporias—logical impasses—in theological interpretation. After considering two philosophical paths for negotiating the aporia in the work of Nicholas Rescher and Jacques Derrida, it applies these interpretive paradigms to what it calls the central Christian aporia. It argues that mindfulness about the role of aporias in theological method enhances appreciation for the complexity of theological hermeneutics.
Publication Title
Theological Studies
Repository Citation
Thiel, John E., "On Theological Aporias" (2023). Religious Studies Faculty Publications. 142.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/religiousstudies-facultypubs/142
Published Citation
Thiel, John E. “On Theological Aporias.” Theological Studies. 84, no. 2 (2023): 337–57. https://doi.org/10.1177/00405639231171049.
DOI
10.1177/00405639231171049
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