Written by Msgr. John F. McCarthy

Published by TAN, paperback, 1993

For the serious student of philosophy.

The Science of Historical Theology is a unique and uniquely conceived book that achieves several objectives at the same time: Its point of departure is a thorough answer to Bultmann’s arguments for “demythologizing” Sacred Scripture, but in the process, the author discusses a new concept of history, proposes an instrument of an honest reexamination of the Biblical and Patristic heritage, developed a new concept of science, gives a new idea of history, and offers a clear definition of the science of historical theology. All these objectives are achieved while also buttressing the traditional Catholic philosophical and theological approaches, plus offering a new explanation of the act of understanding, a new framework of scientific objectivity, and a new approach to the faith-and-reason relationship.