Sentences with phrase «theological radicalism»

As to theological radicalism, by that I certainly do not mean any of the theologies mentioned above (death - of - God, revolutionary, secular, cultural, new hermeneutical).

In an essay which served as a sort of manifesto for the theological radicalism of a few years ago, William Hamilton selected himself, Paul van Buren, and Thomas Altizer as being most representative of the «death of God» movement.1 Hamilton's placement of Altizer centered around an appraisal of the latter's Mircea Eliade and the Dialectic of the Sacred.2 His characterization is, in most respects, an accurate one.

His theological assertions differ so profoundly from the dominant theological radicalism of our time, as well as from the neo-orthodoxy and liberalism of the recent past, that some have tried to write him off as an irresponsible eccentric.

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In the past, these groups have perceived conservatives to be suspect on racism, while on the other hand they worked with liberals in the fight for civil rights, and several of their theological heroes are crucial forerunners if not advocates of radicalism.

Is it simply that the radicalism is expressed in an unholy synthesis of political and theological rhetoric (a perennial temptation, incidentally, upon which both the Religious Left and the Religious Right need to reflect)?

Now, it is precisely a lack or a toning down of radicalism that characterizes the modern theological orientation (as it has so often characterized other theologies in the course of church history).