In "Conventional and Ultimate Truth," Joseph Stephen O'Leary completes his trilogy on contemporary fundamental theology, which began with the volumes "Questioning Back "(1985) and "Religious Pluralism and Christian Truth "(1996). Common to all three works are dialogues with European philosophers Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, G. W. F. Hegel, and the Madhyamaka school of Buddhism. In the current volume, O Leary deals with the nature of theological rationality today, recommending the practice of reflective judgment, as opposed to systematic determinative judgment.
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