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ERNST TROELTSCH AND COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY - ECHO...

Ernst Troeltsch and Comparative Theology examines the methodological attempts of Ernst
Troeltsch and Robert Neville for discerning Christian normativity. The investigation of
Troeltsch focuses on his treatment of the absoluteness of Christianity and highlights the
crisis brought upon absolute religious claims by the study of the history of religions. By
rejecting both the supernatural-exclusive apologetic of orthodox Protestantism and the
evolutionary apologetic of liberal Protestantism  Troeltsch insists that theology's method
should be the history of religions' method (die religionsgeschichtliche Methode). Like
Troeltsch  Neville agrees with historical inquiries  but  contrary to Troeltsch  Neville
advances an axiological hypothesis to thinking  which is founded in valuation. Neville explains
the role of valuation at the imaginative level of thinking and relates it to his theory of
normative truth in religious symbols. This study shows that Neville begins with Troeltsch's
methodological presuppositions but achieves more normative theology than Troeltsch  especially
on ways in which God is engaged in symbolically shaped thinking and practice. Both thinkers
offer creative insights for theology that make possible a critical comparison of truth claims
regarding the validity of Christianity in and for a historically conscious age.

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