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Word: nonparallel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...helpful tool in interpreting the religion "games." It has dissolved some of the old conflicts between science and theology, by making it clear, for example, that pastors speaking of God the Creator and cosmologists talking of the "continuous creation" of the universe refer to different and nonparallel propositions. It has made analytically minded theologians suspicious of the cloudy speculation that sometimes wafts out of German seminaries. More important, analysis has provided the theologians with a method of thinking that will help them make a fresh approach to such vital religious terms as soul, creation and mystery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theology: Linguistic Analysis: A Way For Some to Affirm Their Faith | 7/10/1964 | See Source »

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