Informationen zum Autor Kevin Hector is Assistant Professor of Theology and of the Philosophy of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His essays have appeared in Modern Theology, the International Journal of Systematic Theology, the Scottish Journal of Theology, the Journal of Religion and Expository Times. Klappentext Introduces a novel approach to post-metaphysical theology, developing an alternative account of language and its relation to God. Zusammenfassung Drawing on recent work in theology and philosophy of language! Hector develops an alternative account of language and its relation to God! demonstrating that one need not choose between fitting God into a metaphysical framework! on the one hand! and keeping God at a distance from language! on the other. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Therapy for metaphysics; 2. Concepts, rules, and the spirit of recognition; 3. Meaning and meanings; 4. Reference and presence; 5. Truth and correspondence; 6. Emancipating theology; Index.

Autorentext
Kevin Hector is Assistant Professor of Theology and of the Philosophy of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His essays have appeared in Modern Theology, the International Journal of Systematic Theology, the Scottish Journal of Theology, the Journal of Religion and Expository Times.

Klappentext

Introduces a novel approach to post-metaphysical theology, developing an alternative account of language and its relation to God.

Zusammenfassung
Drawing on recent work in theology and philosophy of language, Hector develops an alternative account of language and its relation to God, demonstrating that one need not choose between fitting God into a metaphysical framework, on the one hand, and keeping God at a distance from language, on the other.

Inhalt

Preface; 1. Therapy for metaphysics; 2. Concepts, rules, and the spirit of recognition; 3. Meaning and meanings; 4. Reference and presence; 5. Truth and correspondence; 6. Emancipating theology; Index.