David Tracy's Blessed Rage for Order: The New Pluralism in Theology explores the methodological foundations for contemporary Christian theology, aiming to establish a "fundamental theology" rather than a dogmatic one. The book proposes a revisionist model, asserting that theology should be a "philosophical reflection upon the meanings present in common human experience and language, and upon the meanings present in the Christian fact." Tracy identifies five basic models in contemporary theology—orthodox, liberal, neo-orthodox, and revisionist—to contextualize his argument. He advocates for a critical, transcendental, and phenomenological approach to understanding both human experience and Christian tradition, emphasizing the "limit-character" of religious language and experience, and ultimately arguing for the meaningfulness and truth of God-language through a reformulated metaphysics.

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