Analytic theology is a legitimate form of theology, and a legitimate form of academic inquiry, and it can be a valuable conversation partner within the wider religious studies academy. William Wood defends analytic theology from some common criticisms, but also argues that analytic theologians have much to learn from other forms of inquiry.

William Wood is Fellow and Tutor in Theology at Oriel College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Blaise Pascal on Duplicity, Sin, and the Fall: The Secret Instinct (Oxford University Press, 2013).

• Part I: Introduction


• 1: The Value and Distinctiveness of Analytic Theology


• 2: Three Theological Objections: History, Mystery, Practice


• 3: Analytic Theology In The Religious Studies Academy


• Part II: Foundations


• 4: Why Do They Write That Way? Analytic Philosophy and its Discontents


• 5: What is Analytic Theology?


• Part III: Theological Analytic Theology


• 6: A Theology of Analytic Reason


• 7: How to Avoid Idolatry


• 8: The Real Trouble With Ontotheology and Univocity


• 9: On "Theistic Personalism"


• 10: Analytic Theology as a Spiritual Practice


• Part IV: Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion


• 11: Inquiry and Argument in the Secular Academy


• 12: Naturalism as Metaphysics, Reduction Without Fears


• 13: The Hegemony of Critique


• 14: Analytic Theology as Rigorous Appreciation: On Normative Inquiry in the Academic Study of Religion


• Conclusion: Analytic Theology After the Postsecular


• Bibliography