ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the broader question of the theological status of Pannenberg's enterprise in the light of approach to the sciences evaluation. In a definitive survey of theology and hermeneutics Anthony Thiselton presents the introduction of the dimension of the future as the one of the most significant of Pannenberg's achievements. The difficulty that this presents is that consistency, coherence and unity are key features of rational knowledge in Pannenberg's view. Warnke offers a defence of Gadamer's intentions which the chapter discusses further under the heading of objectivity and authority. More critical is Rose in The Broken Middle (1992), where she cites Pannenberg as one of those who attempts to escape from the omnipresence and determinism of the Hegelian system. Gadamer demonstrates the rootedness of rationality in time-conditioned human interaction and conversation. Love and transformation are completely absent from Pannenberg's discussions of understanding and communication.
