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The Fragility of Language and the Encounter with God: On the Contingency: On the Contingency and Legitimacy of Doctrine COBUILD DICTIONARIES 'MomentousDrawing on recent philosophical developments in hermeneutics and poststructuralism, The Fragility of Language and the Encounter with God offers a theological account of the contingency of language and perception and of how acknowledging that contingency transforms the perennial theological question of the development of doctrine. Klug applies this account to humanity's encounter with God and its translation into language. Because there exists no