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Seth Heringer – Theology and History

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Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Judaism

4.8683 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Seth Heringer's Uniting History and Theology (Fortress Press) argues that Christians do not need to use the historical-critical method to make historical claims but should instead write boldly Christian history. By using the historical method, grounded as it is in an incomplete understating of German historicism, they close off investigation of the past from the aesthetic and, importantly, from God. This is why 20th-century Christian scholarship has failed to unite history and theology. Instead of relying on the historical method as the primary way to think about past events, Christians need to reimage what historical work entails. Heringer thus presents a Christian approach to history that dialogues with recent developments in historical theory. The post Seth Heringer – Theology and History first appeared on OnScript.

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