Has Philosophy of Religion a Place in the Agenda of Theology
Accepting the invitation to comment on the value of philosophy and the philosophy of religion to theology was, it seems to me now, rather foolhardy. Assurances that a fully developed statement on the issue was not expected made the exercise appear far easier than I found it to be. The simple question presented for comment — Has Philosophy of Religion a Place in the Agenda of Theology? -is not so simple, for even what philosophy, religion and theology are in themselves is not at all clear — all three being hotly contested notions on which agreement is seldom achieved and never widespread. I shall, nevertheless, attempt an answer to the question, despite the difficulties, proceeding on the basis of provisional characterizations of its three central concepts.1