Methodological directives of analytic theology in light of the postulates of the Cracow Circle

Abstract

Analytic theology is a theology in which the methods of analytic philosophy are employed. A similar description is used to refer to another contemporary analytic trend, namely analytical Thomism. Analytic theology is characterized by methodological directives regarding language and ways of justifying propositions. A natural question is to what extent this new solution in theology is really new if we take into account, for instance, the program of the Cracow Circle, whose members were active in the 1930s. That program was also methodological in nature and concerned the theology and philosophy of God. In this paper, we wish to determine the relationship between the postulates of the Cracow Circle and the methodological directives of analytic theology. Thanks to this, the members of the Circle can be perceived as its precursors as well as indirectly of analytical Thomism.