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Postfoundational practical theology for a time of transition

Julian C. Müller
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 67, No 1 | a837 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v67i1.837 | © 2011 Julian C. Müller | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 22 April 2010 | Published: 11 April 2011

About the author(s)

Julian C. Müller, Department of Practical Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Abstract

In reflection on the question as to in what sense is our time a time of transition, the article explores the various transitions in epistemology, advocated by the scholars mentioned in brackets:

• modern to postmodern
• secular dualism to post-secular holism (Cornel du Toit)
• structural to poststructural
• positivistic to relativistic
• rational-argumentative to narrative
• proposisionalistic to cultural-linguistic (Lindbeck)
• fundamentalist to postfoundationalist (Schrag and Van Huyssteen)
• maintenance to missional.


Keywords

Transition; postfoundationalism; practical theology; wide reflective equilibrium; fragile space; ecotone

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