STRUGGLING TO KEEP FAITHFUL: RESPONSE TO GREGORY R. PETERSON AND VÍTOR WESTHELLE

Author: Oviedo, Lluís

Source: Zygon, Volume 41, Number 4, December 2006 , pp. 863-868(6)

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Abstract:

Some comments are offered to my respondents. Concerning Peterson, I suggest a rather distinct description of humanists as those who stress a differential character of human beings or some discontinuity with the rest of the reality, in contrast to naturalists; at the same time I try to cope with difficulties derived from theological “weakness” and pluralism. Concerning Westhelle, I recall the need to keep some boundaries and limits, despite all the positive outcomes of hybridity he proposes.

Keywords: boundaries; humanism; hybridity; pluralism; theology

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2006.00783.x

Affiliations: 1: Professor of Theological Anthropology, The Pontifical University Antonianum, Rome, Via Merulana 124, 00185 Rome, Italy, and invited Professor of Theology and Culture, The Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome;, Email: loviedo@ofm.org.

Publication date: 2006-12-01