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Jonathan Rutledge (ed.), Paradox and Contradiction in Theology, Routledge, 2024, 220pp., $54.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781032333427.
Reviewed by Richard Cross, University of Notre Dame
During the last twenty years or so a new sub-discipline has arisen at the borders of philosophy and theology: analytic theology, the study of theological doctrines with an eye on the techniques of analytic philosophy—for instance, meticulous terminological disambiguation; the examination of theological assertions by looking for counterexamples; and particular care about logical coherence. The last of these has issued in its own rather surprising cottage industry: an exploration of the possible role of true contradictions in theology—since, after all, concern about coherence might naturally lead to concern about cases in which coherence seems an unattainable goal. And the claims central to Christian theology—that one substance might be three persons, or one person be both divine and human—seem ripe for this treatment. At the heart…
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