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Synopsis
In this book, Richard Heyduck examines the false options on doctrine that modernity has offered the church, especially his own tradition, United Methodism, and suggests ways to get beyond this impasse. Utilizing some resources of postmodern philosophy, Heyduck argues that doctrine is neither a catalog of truths to which assent must be given nor an accidental verbalization of universal religious experience. Instead, Christian doctrine is that which enables the church to live faithfully in the drama of God's ongoing action in history.
Table of Contents
The modern marginalization of doctrine -- Doctrine as a complex speech act of the church -- The church as agent of doctrine -- The historical questions relating to doctrine -- Putting it all together.