VIDEO: Robert Royal and Larry Chapp on “Theology from Below” (Theology Upside Down)

[Michie]

In this video with Robert Royal, Larry Chapp knocks it out of the park! He describes the present theological trend, a “theology from below” especially in relation to moral theology. The starting point becomes one’s subjective experience rather than the objective loci of revelation. What this winds up in is relegating to what the Church has taught in its moral theology as the virtuous, moral commandments, as an “ideal” which not everyone can or should attain, thus resulting in an attempt to dumb down the law. It contradicts Veritatis splendor They also talk about theology from below in relation to Liberation Theology, the experience of the poor being the starting point that winds up being pitted again the better off.

This is one of the best, brief descriptions of what is going on today in theology that I have heard.

Video below.

VIDEO: Robert Royal and Larry Chapp on "Theology from Below" (Theology Upside Down)

In this video with Robert Royal, Larry Chapp knocks it out of the park! He describes the present theological trend, a "theology from below" especially in relation to moral theology. The starting point becomes one's subjective experience rather than the objective loci of revelation. What this win

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