03/17/2017
In his introduction to the special section on "Theology without Walls" in JES 51.4 (Fall 2016), author Jerry L. Martin explains, "If the aim of theology is to understand ultimate reality as fully as possible and if evidence about and insight into that Reality are not limited to a single tradition, then what is needed is a 'theology without walls'—without confessional boundaries, without blinders, as it were. That does not mean that we do not stand somewhere but that our sense of our goal is not limited to where we stand at the outset."
Read more in "What Is Theology without Walls?" (and the full issue) on Project Muse. Jerry L. Martin is the coordinator of the Theology Without Walls project at the American Academy of Religion.
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/648075
This essay introduces reflections by leading theologians with diverse perspectives on a “research program” in constructive theology that draws on revelations, epiphanies, and enlightenments from multiple religious traditions. If the aim of theology is to understand ultimate reality as fully as possi...