Progress in Theology: Does the Queen of the Sciences Advance?

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Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Part I: Situating the Debate
	Chapter 1: Progress in Theology: An Introduction
		Theology’s Continuing Relevance
		Theology as an Academic Discipline and the Ideal of Progress
		Set-Up of the Book
		Overview of the Contributions
		What We Hope this Book Will Achieve
		Acknowledgements
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 2: The Metaphysics of Progress
		Introduction
			List 1: Ordinary Progress Sentences
			List 2: Puzzling Progress Sentences
		What Kinds of Things Can Embody Progress?
		Progress Is Relative to “Respects”
		If Progress Is Real, then Gradable Properties Are Real
		A Nasty Point about Progress
		If Progress Is Real, then Time Is Real
		If Progress Is Real, then Values Are Real
		Two Notions of Progress
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 3: Brother Juniper’s Experiment: And Five Better Ways of Seeing Progress in Theology
		Introduction
		The Scientistic Critique
		The Five Ways
			Theology Makes No Progress – and for Good Reasons
			Theology Makes Epistemic Progress in the Wake of the Sciences
			Theology Generates Epistemic Progress within the Sciences
			Theology Makes Intra-Paradigmatic Progress in and of Itself
			Theology Makes Progress Even Beyond the Intra-Paradigmatic Level
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
Part II: Dimensions of Progress
	Chapter 4: Epistemic, Moral, and Religious Progress in Theology
		Introduction
		What Is Progress?
		Dimensions of Progress
		Epistemic Progress in Theology
		Moral Progress in Theology
		Religious Progress in Theology
		Afterthought and Conclusions
		Acknowledgement
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 5: Synchronic Progress in the Understanding of Doctrine: A Marian Perspective
		Introduction: Unpacking the Question
		Overview
		Epistemological Stage: Plato’s Meno-Paradox and Illuminationism
		Theological Stage: A Supralapsarian Christology
		Doctrinal Stage: A Dogma Declaration as Case Study
		St. Vincentius of Lérins on the Growth of the Epistemic Object
		The Church as Epistemic Subject – or Mary’s Socially Extended Mind
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 6: Fine-Tuning the Sources of Theology
		Introduction
		Progress in Science
			Core Knowledge and Ancillary Knowledge
			From Ancillary Knowledge to Core Knowledge
		Progress in Theology
			Progress in Theology as Increased Core-Theological Knowledge
			Progress in Theology and loci theologici
			Ancillary Knowledge and the Sources of Theology
		Progress by Ancillary Knowledge of Religious Experiences
		Cognitive Neuroscience as Ancillary Knowledge
			Anthropomorphism in Religious Experiences
			Social Intrusion
			Concluding Remarks: Purifying Religious Experiences
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 7: Theology and the Hermeneutics of Testimony: Progress in Theological Interpretation?
		Introduction
		Testimony and Epistemology
		Testimony as Interpretation: Hermeneutics and Epistemology
		Implications for Progress in Theology
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 8: Christian Theology as Comparative Theology: Going Comparative as Highway towards Progress
		For Orientation: The Constructive Proposal in a Nutshell
		So, Why Do We Need Comparative Theology as an Integral Part of Theological Work?
		Comparative Theology and Related Disciplines in the Interfaith Engagement
		What Would a Christian Theology as Comparative Theology Look Like?
		Is Comparative Theology Feasible in the First Place?
		On the Possibility of a Hospitable Dialogue in Search of Truth and Conviction
		In Lieu of Conclusions: The Implications for Doing and Teaching Theology Comparatively
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 9: The Paradox of Progress: Theology and the Divided Brain
		Introduction
		The Divided Brain Model
			Brain Lateralization: The Modes of Attention and Knowing
			Complementarity, Collaboration, and Conflict
			Challenges and Limitations of the Hypothesis
		The Divided Brain, God, and Theology
			Revelation and Mystery
			The Nature and Challenge of Theology
		Ressourcement and Nouvelle Théologie: A Hemispheric Interpretation
		Finding a Balance: The Promise and Perils of Analytic Theology
			The Pathologies of the Right Hemisphere
			The Analytic Mode and Its Place
			The Power of Hemispheric Collaboration
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
Part III: Case Studies
	Chapter 10: Freedom and Foreknowledge: A Case Study in Progress in Theology
		Introduction
		Augustine
		Boethius
		Anselm
		After Anselm
		Recent Discussion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 11: Epistemic Progress in the Divine Action Debate
		Introduction
		Main Arguments For and Against Divine Action Models
			Quantum Divine Action
			John Polkinghorne’s Chaotic Divine Action
			Thomist Models of Divine Action
		Epistemic Progress in Theology
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 12: Theological Anthropology Progressing through Artificial Intelligence
		Dare We Speak of Progress in Theology?
		Evolutionary Theory and the Diversification of Imago Dei Interpretations
		Imago Dei and the Scenario of Human-Level AI
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 13: Progress as Overcoming Theological Dissensus: Two Strategies in Ecumenical Dialogue
		Introduction
		Eucharistic (Comm)union: What It Is and What It Requires
		Strategies of Union
			Linguistic reductionism
			Theological equatism
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 14: Progress, Theology, and Climate Change: Creating Pandaemonium when Working for Paradise
		The Roots of Scientific Progress
		The Case of Immortality
		Wither Now?
		Sub-creation Instead of Progress
		Notes
		Bibliography
Part IV: Progress and Theology’s Place in the University
	Chapter 15: Epistemic Norms in Theology and Science
		Do Science and Religion Have Differing Epistemic Norms?
		The Cognitive Basis of Scientific and Theological Reasoning
			The Acquisition of Reflective Scientific and Theological Beliefs
			The Role of Intuitive Ontologies in Scientific and Theological Understanding
			Theological and Scientific Incorrectness
		Epistemic Norms in Science and Theology
			The Wesleyan Quadrilateral as a Model of Theological Reflection
			Epistemic Norms in Science and Theology
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 16: The Future of Protestant Theology: An Epistemological Vacuum
		Introduction
		Post-Normal Science
		Protestant Internalities and Externalities
		Scientific Systemic Internalities and Externalities
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 17: The Place of Theology in the Secular University
		Introduction
		Wisdom as the greatest epistemic and educative good
		Educating for wisdom in the secular university
		Theology and wisdom-seeking in the secular university
		Theology as wisdom
		Conclusion: Theology as embodying progress in the university
		Notes
		Bibliography
Index