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@article{ART001872903},
author={Ahn,Taekyun},
title={An Interdisciplinary Theological Study on the Christian Community Tradition and the Social Rationality: Focused on the theology of G. Lindbeck’s and N. Murphy},
journal={The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics},
issn={1229-8387},
year={2014},
number={28},
pages={131-164}

TY - JOUR
AU - Ahn,Taekyun
TI - An Interdisciplinary Theological Study on the Christian Community Tradition and the Social Rationality: Focused on the theology of G. Lindbeck’s and N. Murphy
JO - The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics
PY - 2014
VL - null
IS - 28
PB - The Society Of Korean Christian Social Ethics
SP - 131
EP - 164
SN - 1229-8387
AB - This paper asks the question of whether theology should seek rationality in Christian tradition or seek a universal rationale including outside society as well as tradition. For this, this paper utilizes an interdisciplinary way of theology and philosophy of science which is based on common ground in rejecting foundationalism of dogmatism in theology and of empirical positivism in science. Parallel with Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm theory, G. Lindbeck seeks a rationale in the form of a creedal tradition, as rules of faith of Christian community. Lindbeck tries to find a rationale in society in general in the eye of the tradition. Lindbeck’s position is easily accessible to the Christian community and provides a safe way to understand and act in society. However, Lindbeck’s account produces a division between the intrasystematic truth in church and ontological truth in the world. The former plays a lens to interpret the world, then results in fideism. To solve the problem, N. Murphy, who holds a holistic perspective considering tradition and social rationality at the same time and carries the insight of MacIntyre’s practice of prominent virtue, argues a logical rationality by view of ‘research programme’ in I. Lakatos. Murphy seeks a competitive and rational theology which is equipped with a creative theological research programme to lead other academic fields. Even though Murphy’s position remains mainly as a rationality of social influence focused on worship and piety in the Christian community, and has some inconveniences remaining in a narrowness of Anglo-Ameriacn logic and limited holism which cannot response to the urgent social ethical issues effectively, Murphy’s holistic theological research programme should be highly appreciated as a solution to the problem of fideism and an important accomplishment in interdisciplinary theology.
KW - tradition;social rationality;Lindbeck;Murphy;theological research program
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Ahn,Taekyun. (2014). An Interdisciplinary Theological Study on the Christian Community Tradition and the Social Rationality: Focused on the theology of G. Lindbeck’s and N. Murphy. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 28, 131-164.

Ahn,Taekyun. 2014, "An Interdisciplinary Theological Study on the Christian Community Tradition and the Social Rationality: Focused on the theology of G. Lindbeck’s and N. Murphy", The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, no.28, pp.131-164.

Ahn,Taekyun "An Interdisciplinary Theological Study on the Christian Community Tradition and the Social Rationality: Focused on the theology of G. Lindbeck’s and N. Murphy" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics 28 pp.131-164 (2014) : 131.

Ahn,Taekyun. An Interdisciplinary Theological Study on the Christian Community Tradition and the Social Rationality: Focused on the theology of G. Lindbeck’s and N. Murphy. 2014; 28 : 131-164.

Ahn,Taekyun. "An Interdisciplinary Theological Study on the Christian Community Tradition and the Social Rationality: Focused on the theology of G. Lindbeck’s and N. Murphy" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.28(2014) : 131-164.

Ahn,Taekyun. An Interdisciplinary Theological Study on the Christian Community Tradition and the Social Rationality: Focused on the theology of G. Lindbeck’s and N. Murphy. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics, 28, 131-164.

Ahn,Taekyun. An Interdisciplinary Theological Study on the Christian Community Tradition and the Social Rationality: Focused on the theology of G. Lindbeck’s and N. Murphy. The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics. 2014; 28 131-164.

Ahn,Taekyun. An Interdisciplinary Theological Study on the Christian Community Tradition and the Social Rationality: Focused on the theology of G. Lindbeck’s and N. Murphy. 2014; 28 : 131-164.

Ahn,Taekyun. "An Interdisciplinary Theological Study on the Christian Community Tradition and the Social Rationality: Focused on the theology of G. Lindbeck’s and N. Murphy" The Korean Journal of Chiristian Social Ethics no.28(2014) : 131-164.