Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion

William Wood is Fellow and Tutor in Theology at Oriel College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Blaise Pascal on Duplicity, Sin, and the Fall: The Secret Instinct (Oxford University Press, 2013).

• Part I: Introduction 1: The Value and Distinctiveness of Analytic Theology 2: Three Theological Objections: History, Mystery, Practice 3: Analytic Theology In The Religious Studies Academy Part II: Foundations 4: Why Do They Write That Way? Analytic Philosophy and its Discontents 5: What is Analytic Theology? Part III: Theological Analytic Theology 6: A Theology of Analytic Reason 7: How to Avoid Idolatry 8: The Real Trouble With Ontotheology and Univocity 9: On "Theistic Personalism" 10: Analytic Theology as a Spiritual Practice Part IV: Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion 11: Inquiry and Argument in the Secular Academy 12: Naturalism as Metaphysics, Reduction Without Fears 13: The Hegemony of Critique 14: Analytic Theology as Rigorous Appreciation: On Normative Inquiry in the Academic Study of Religion Conclusion: Analytic Theology After the Postsecular Bibliography

His command of the literature both in religious studies and in other forms of theology is on full display here. Consequently, Wood's erudite book is a valuable resource for those religious studies scholars, analytic theologians, and other theologians who may be unfamiliar with the debates in the other two fields.