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This article addresses the situation of contemporary theological thinking in relation to postmodernism, or contemporary Continental philosophy. Using a criterion of health from Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, it argues that theology should avoid either simpleminded assimilation of postmodernism or closeminded rejection. After critically surveying some current theological movements and figures, such as Radical Orthodoxy, I turn away from a paradigm of theology based on Barth to one based on Paul Tillich. Finally, an alternative notion of health is elaborated which leads to a deep and transformative encounter between postmodernism and theology.
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Crockett, C. The Challenge of Postmodernism and the Health of Theology. Journal of Religion and Health 39, 209–216 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010354406255
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010354406255