Truth and the Church in a Secular Age
Truth and the Church in a Secular Age
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Publisher: SCM Press
ISBN: 9780334058168
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 31/07/2019
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
Together, the collection of essays in this volume seek to explore the place of Christianity, the Church and their claims to uphold the truth in an age of `post-truth'.
Beginning with a consideration of truth within the biblical tradition, the chapters come from historical, theological and philosophical starting points in their concerns, setting out the groundwork for discussions of Christian truth and science, prayer, ethics and the liturgy.
Questions for discussion follow each chapter.
Contributors
Foreword by the Most Revd Mark Strange
Introduction
David Jasper and Jenny Wright
1. Truth and the Biblical Tradition
Nicholas Taylor
2. The Origins of Truth in Philosophy, Theology, and Theory
David Jasper
3. Seeing As: Wittgenstein’s Approach to Truth
Scott Robertson
4. Truth and Christian Theology
Jenny Wright
5. Tangling the Fibres of the Threefold Cord: Truth and the Anglican Tradition
Trevor Hart
6. Liturgy as a Repository of Truth
John Reuben Davies
7. Truth and Experience: Prayer and Ascetic Practice
John McLuckie
8. Rudolf Otto: Truth and the Holy
Steven Ballard
9. Truth, Non-Truth and Reality in the Pastoral Context
Robert A. Gillies
10. Sciences and Truth: A Scientist’s View
Eric Priest
11. Sciences and Truths: A Theologian’s View
Michael Fuller
12. Today’s Church and the Politics of Post-Truth
Alison Jasper
Afterword
Jochen Schmidt
Index of Biblical References
Index of Names and Subjects
“As a Christian I am confronted by those who ask me to tell them the truth about faith, while they are being bombarded by theory wrapped up as truth, I find it, at times, frustrating and difficult. I am therefore very thankful for this book which I hope will enable more of us to be able to discern the truth revealed in our faith.” -- Most Revd. Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
