Athanasius asked: ‘What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?’, adding fuel to the controversial question of the relationship between theology and philosophy. Athanasius’ question was rhetorical in that his intention was to poke at those he thought were using unjustifiable philosophical concepts in their theology (something he thought was theologically wrong).
Colin Gunton’s theological project, including the work Act and Being, follows in this long tradition of attempting to separate theology and philosophy, which gained its most famous contemporary voice in Karl Barth, a figure much admired by Gunton. It is therefore no surprise that Act and Being continues in this genre.
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