TheOxfordHandbookoftheEpistemologyofTheologybringstogetherleadingscholarsinthefieldsoftheologyandepistemologytoexamineandarticulatewhatcanbecategorizedasappropriateepistemicevaluationintheology.PartonefocusesonsomeoftheepistemicconceptsthathavebeentraditionallyemployedintheologysuchasknowledgeofGod,revelationandscripture,reasonandfaith,experience,andtradition.Thissectionalsoconsidersconceptsthathavenotreceivedsufficientepistemologicalattentionintheology,suchassaints,authority,ecclesialpractices,spiritualformation,anddiscernment.Parttwoconcentratesonepistemicconceptsthathavereceivedsignificantattentionincontemporaryepistemologyandcanberelatedtotheologysuchasunderstanding,wisdom,testimony,virtue,evidence,foundationalism,realism/antirealism,scepticism,anddisagreement.PartthreeoffersexamplesfromkeyfiguresintheChristiantraditionandinvestigatestherelevantepistemologicalissuesandinsightsinthesewriters,aswellasrecognizingthechallengesofconnectinginsightsfromcontemporaryepistemologywiththesubjectoftheologyproper,namely,God.Partfourcentresonfiveemergingareasthatwarrantfurtherepistemologicalconsideration:liberationtheology,continentalphilosophy,modernorthodoxwriters,feminism,andPentecostalism.Thisauthoritativecollectionexploreshowthevarioustopics,figures,andemergingconversationscanbereconceivedandaddressedinlightofrecentdevelopmentsinepistemology.Eachchapterprovidesananalysisofthecrucialmoves,positions,anddebates,whilealsoidentifyingrelevantepistemicconsiderations.Thishandbookfulfilstheneedforthedevelopmentofthisnewconversationthatwilltakeitsnaturalplaceintheintersectionoftheologyandepistemology.Itlinksthefieldsoftheologyandepistemologyinrobust,meaningful,andsignificantways.
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