Ingolf Dalferth on "Wittgenstein and Theology" by Tim Labron

 

We have received an endorsement for Tim Labron's forthcoming book Wittgenstein and Theology: 

'Tim Labron has written a highly provocative book on Wittgenstein and Theology. He argues that Wittgenstein's philosophy moves away from the prevalent Western tradition of philosophy towards Jewish thought and finally Christian thought.

This is not a thesis about Wittgenstein¹s personal beliefs but rather about the character of his philosophy. Whereas Western philosophy and theology largely follow the Platonic and Cartesian paths, Wittgenstein doesn't nor does Chalcedon. But is this enough to construe an analogy between a Chalcedonian two natures Christology and the relation between logic and language in Wittgenstein's philosophy? This is only one of the many challenging points of this clearly written and well-argued study.

It will no doubt provoke discussion about the relationship of Wittgenstein's philosophy to theology, and it should.'

Ingolf U. Dalferth is Danforth Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Claremont Graduate University; Professor of Systematic theology, Symbolics, and Philosophy of Religion, Director of the Institute of Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion, University of Zürich, Switzerland.