In recent works, N. T. Wright has put forward an account of natural theology, most comprehensively in his book, History and Eschatology: Jesus and the Promise of Natural Theology (2019). In this discussion of Wright's view of natural theology, I do three things. First, I discuss Wright's conceptualization of natural theology. Second, I discuss what I see to be a two-step corrective he offers with respect to natural theology. I will argue that the first is an insightful corrective and most useful to the field; the second, on my view, looks to be an overextension. Finally, I discuss Wright's conception of the tasks of history. Throughout, I draw parallels to the tasks of philosophy. Both disciplines, it seems to me, via different methods, have the same proximate ends when it comes to theology (whether natural or otherwise).
- The Data of Natural Theology and the Utility of History (and Philosophy)
- Timothy J. Pawl
- Joshua CockayneMitchell Mallary
- Philosophical Engagements with N.T. Wright, pp.15-26
- Routledge
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- College of Arts and Sciences; Philosophy
- English
- Book chapter
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