Sentences with phrase «insofar as the theologian»

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From our analysis here, post-conservative theologians and popular expressions of such in some emergent - type movements, insofar as these still place priority on the experience of the individual and in the present over traditions, are still liberal.

Insofar as this is so, theologians would need to take them into account in order to do their jobs in an informed fashion.

The feminist theologian approaching this question faces an additional dilemma insofar as the religious narrative of the Western introspective confessional tradition grounds identity in culturally «feminine» terms.

Insofar as science is able to describe at least a slice of the reality in which we live, it is incumbent on the theologian and philosopher to be cognisant of how science describes the nature of the universe and the beings who inhabit it.

Insofar as he attempts to be of service to human needs, the theologian may well decide that a moment of personal tragedy or crisis is not the moment to expose the differences between mystery and myth.

Insofar as theology uses reason to direct its attention to revelation — to the extent, that is, that theology regards itself as a reason - shaped science of revelation — an infallible magisterium, and precisely one external to the guild of theologians, must be acknowledged to have the last say.

Economists would still have a role in guiding us in that direction, but insofar as their self - designated task is teaching us how to make the economy grow, they would no longer be our theologians.

But insofar as there is real discontinuity, insofar as the apprehension of the holy is direct and not mediated by the community, or insofar as the understanding of the human situation is the result of radically independent reflection, we have to do with a prophet, a seer, or a philosopher, rather than with a theologian.