Pannenberg also identifies a second reason for establishing the foundations of theology in anthropology, namely that “Christian theology is a response to the human question of salvation.”[6] As a result, Pannenberg’s Anthropology in Theological Perspective, in a way similar to Theology and the Philosophy of Science, seeks to develop his arguments primarily without explicit reference to or dependence upon revelation. Instead, Pannenberg in this volume attempts to draw upon biology, psychology, sociology, and history to demonstrate the foundation of religious experience in human existence. His
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