Table of Contents

ForewordIntroduction: Two Scenarios1. What Is Social-Scientific Criticism?2. Why the Need for Social-Scientific Criticism?3. The Recent Emergency of Social-Scientific Criticism4. The Method in Operation: Presuppositions5. The Method in Operation: Procedures6. Critical Assessments7. Achievements and Contributions

About the Author

John H. Elliott is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco.