Faith in History and Society: A Basic Theological Study of a Practice

Author: J.B. Metz
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Publish Date: 1996-11-01
Features: Theological thought and its academic aspects have an undeniable practical relationship with historical, social contexts, and the state of knowledge. How to understand and grasp this relationship has been a subject of controversy in the academic world. Knowledge sociology holds that historical and social contexts have a decisive influence on the construction of theological thought. This analytical principle does not mean that the influence of social contexts is linear or results in a single outcome. In other words, within the same historical and social context, different theologians may have different intellectual responses and constructions.