This dissertation examines how the practical-critical soteriology of Edward Schillebeeckx constructs its interpretation of the connection between emancipation and salvation. I elaborate the extent and manner in which sociopolitical emancipation is intrinsic to and constitutive for salvation in Schillebeeckx' practical-critical soteriology. I then pursue the different mediations Schillebeeckx assigns to practical-critical soteriology in sustaining a progressive political praxis. How are emancipation and salvation related to each other, and how is their interaction constructed by the practical-critical soteriology of Schillebeeckx? In the introduction, I delineate the body of primary literature which forms the basis for this study of Schillebeeckx' practical-critical soteriology. I also indicate why this study is pertinent in relation to existing commentary on Schillebeeckx' soteriology. In chapter one, I establish the practical-critical definition of Schillebeeckx' soteriology. Practical-critical soteriology identifies the kind of discourse Schillebeeckx endorses in drawing out the repercussions of the connection between salvation and emancipation. Schillebeeckx differentiates between soteriology and christology in order to accentuate the distinctness of practical-critical soteriology. In chapter two, I examine the intrinsic and constitutive connection between emancipation and salvation in Schillebeeckx' practical-critical soteriology. Schillebeeckx establishes the basis for their constitutive interdependence based on an extensive consideration of biblical resources. The most significant resource, in this regard, is his reading of the lifepraxis, death and resurrection of Jesus. It is the interdependence between the lifepraxis and the resurrection of Jesus that animates the dialectic between emancipation and salvation. In chapter three, I explore the role of social theory as a mediation which is central to practical-critical soteriology in its effort to orient the communication of love through a liberating political praxis. In chapter four, I examine the mediation of the sociopolitical imagination in assisting practical-critical soteriology to articulate the repercussions of eschatological faith for a liberating political praxis. In chapter five, I examine the account of sociopolitical institutions at work in Schillebeeckx' practical-critical soteriology. This chapter on sociopolitical agencies attempts to delineate two independent yet complementary lines of institutional agency capable of sustaining a progressive political praxis. In the conclusion, I advance some elements towards a critique of Schillebeeckx' practical-critical soteriology. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uottawa.ca/oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/6239 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Simon, Derek. |
| Contributors | Van Den Hengel, John, |
| Publisher | University of Ottawa (Canada) |
| Source Sets | Université d’Ottawa |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 353 p. |
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