Social Science, Philosophy and Theology in Dialogue: A Relational Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780367670894 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 170 str.

Pierpaolo Donati; Antonio Malo; Giulio Maspero

Opis

This volume explores the potential of employing a relational paradigm for the purposes of interdisciplinary exchange. Bringing together scholars from the social sciences, philosophy and theology, it seeks to bridge the gap between subject areas by focusing on real phenomena.

Spis treści

Foreword: Varieties of Relational Social Theory   Introduction: Philosophical, and Social Sciences   Part 1: Fundamentals of the Paradigm  1. The Enigma of Relation and the Theological Matrix of Society   2. From the Person to Society and Vice Versa: What is the Use of the Relational Paradigm?   3. Subjectivity, Reflexivity, and the Relational Paradigm   4. Trinitarian Ontology and Interdisciplinary Research   Part 2: Applications and Perspectives  5. Relations and "Good Reasons"   6. The Relational Paradigm and the Family   7. The Relational Paradigm and Education   8. The (Complicated) Relations between Sociology and Theology   Afterword

O autorze

Pierpaolo Donati is Alma Mater Professor (PAM) of Sociology at the University of Bologna. He is the author of Relational Sociology: A New Paradigm for the Social Sciences and co-author of The Relational Subject.

Antonio Malo is Professor of Philosophy of Mind at the Santa Croce Pontifical University. He is the author of Gift, Guilt and Forgiveness. Elements for a Phenomenology of Forgiveness and The Limits of Marion’s and Derrida’s Philosophy of the Gift.

Giulio Maspero is Professor of Theology at the Santa Croce Pontifical University. He is the author of Trinity and Man and the co-editor of Rethinking Trinitarian Theology and The Brill Dictionary of Gregory of Nyssa.