Pannenberg, the Positioning of Academic Theology and Philosophy of Science: An Evaluation of his Work in the German Context (Contributions to Philosophical Theology Book 15)

This book offers a bright and learned contribution on the famous German Theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg. Centering on his work Wissenschaftstheorie und Theologie (1973) it deals with his passion for an academically sound and respected theology, its radiation in an interdisciplinary university context in general and in the science-and-theology-dialogue in particular. Dr. Gülden Le Maire illuminates the role and function of theology in the German and Anglo-American educational-political landscape in the last decades of the 20st century. But she also offers a vision for the future of a healthy and fruitful academic theology in the German Academy and beyond. Michael Welker, Senior professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Heidelberg "This book offers a bright and learned contribution on the famous German Theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg. Centering on his work Wissenschaftstheorie und Theologie (1973) it deals with his passion for an academically sound and respected theology, its radiation in an interdisciplinary university context in general and in the science-and-theology-dialogue in particular. Dr. Gülden Le Maire illuminates the role and function of theology in the German and Anglo-American educational-political landscape in the last decades of the 20st century. But she also offers a vision for the future of a healthy and fruitful academic theology in the German Academy and beyond." --Provided by publisher, back cover The book is an analysis of the science-political and historical context of Pannenberg's work Wissenschaftstheorie und Theologie (1973). It focuses on the original German setting in the midst of the then university reforms and its subsequent reception in the US religion-science debate.