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: Introduction1: The Value and Distinctiveness of Analytic Theology2: Three Theological Objections: History, Mystery, Practice3: Analytic Theology In The Religious Studies AcademyPart II: Foundations4: Why Do They Write That Way? Analytic Philosophy and its Discontents5: What is Analytic Theology?Part III: Theological Analytic Theology6: A Theology of Analytic Reason7: How to Avoid Idolatry8: The Real Trouble With Ontotheology and Univocity9: On "Theistic Personalism"10: Analytic Theology as a Spiritual PracticePart IV: Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion11: Inquiry and Argument in the Secular Academy12: Naturalism as Metaphysics, Reduction Without Fears13: The Hegemony of Critique14: Analytic Theology as Rigorous Appreciation: On Normative Inquiry in the Academic Study of ReligionConclusion: Analytic Theology After the PostsecularBibliography

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.