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== History ==
Postliberal theology arose amongst scholars who either taught or studied at [[Yale Divinity School]], such as [[George Lindbeck]], [[Hans Wilhelm Frei]], and alumnus [[Stanley Hauerwas]]. It is sometimes referred to as the "Yale school" or "narrative theology."<ref name="cc1">{{cite magazine|last=Placher|first=William C.|author-link=William Placher|year=1999|title=Being Postliberal: A Response to James Gustafson|url=https://www.religion-online.org/article/being-postliberal-a-response-to-james-gustafson/|magazine=The Christian Century|volume=116|issue=11|pages=390–392|issn=0009-5281|access-date=9 March 2018|via=Religion Online}}</ref> The term "postliberal theology" came about shortly after the publication of
The movement is theologically influenced by [[Karl Barth]], [[Thomas Aquinas]], and to some extent, the ''[[nouvelle théologie]]'' of French Catholics such as [[Henri de Lubac]]. The clear philosophical influence, however, was [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]]'s [[philosophy of language]], the [[moral philosophy]] of [[Alasdair MacIntyre]], and the [[sociology|sociological]] insights of [[Clifford Geertz]] and [[Peter L. Berger|Peter Berger]] on the nature of communities. [[Philosophy of science|Philosophers of science]] such as [[Thomas Kuhn]] and [[literary theory|literary theorists]] such as [[Erich Auerbach]] also influenced the new approach.{{sfn|Placher|1997}}
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