Philosophy and Salvation

Carlos BlancoReligion
Philosophy and Salvation

Author: Carlos Blanco

Publisher: ISD LLC

ISBN: 9780718841508

Category: Religion

Page: 286

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We all seek salvation, claims Blanco, because we all become prisoners of negativity. Humanity wants to be saved, we want to overcome the negativity that so often enslaves us. But, where is the saviour to be found, and where is the source of salvation? In Philosophy and Salvation Blanco argues that salvation may only come from the infinite springs of the word. 'The word saves us: the word of science, the word manifested in art, the word of a society which promises something for itself . . . Humanity understands itself through language: human beings use words in order to know each other and to cooperate in the edification of something that may transcend them. The word invites us, and in fact leads us to transcendence. This is salvation: to inaugurate a new world in which the former negativity may be overcome'. Blanco looks back over the history of philosophical and theological thought to bring his argument to life for all seeking salvation today.

Myth, History, and the Resurrection in German Protestant Theology

Brent A. R. HegeReligion
Myth, History, and the Resurrection in German Protestant Theology

Author: Brent A. R. Hege

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

ISBN: 9781532617539

Category: Religion

Page: 186

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The Christian faith stands or falls with the confession that Jesus Christ is risen. While that assertion itself is perhaps uncontroversial, precisely what this confession means has been a subject of profound significance and immense controversy for centuries. Central to this discussion is the role of myth and history in the biblical witness and in the church’s theological engagement with the confession that Jesus Christ is risen. This book traces key trajectories of German Protestant discussions of myth, history, and the resurrection from its earliest critical analysis in the work of Hermann Samuel Reimarus and David Friedrich Strauss to contemporary appraisals by Eberhard Jüngel and Ingolf Ulrich Dalferth. At the center of this discussion stands Rudolf Bultmann, whose work on the resurrection sparked fierce debates that left a lasting impact on Protestant theology in Germany and beyond. The questions raised by these theologians continue to resonate in contemporary discussions of the nature and status of biblical texts, the integrity and truth of the Christian confession, and the meaning and significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ for Christian faith and life at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Doing Theology when God is Forgotten

Philip Gordon ZieglerTheology
Doing Theology when God is Forgotten

Author: Philip Gordon Ziegler

Publisher: Peter Lang

ISBN: 0820478741

Category: Theology

Page: 272

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Wolf Krötke is widely acknowledged to be the most important theologian to emerge from the struggle of the churches in the former East Germany. Working creatively in the tradition of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he reconsiders the contours of Christian faith in face of the challenges posed by the regnant atheism and cultural disestablishment that continue to shape the cultural landscape of Eastern Germany. This book explores in detail Krötke's contributions to contemporary reflection upon the identity of God, humanity, and the Christian church and, in so doing, sheds light upon questions of theological method important in any context.

Historicity of Nature

Wolfhart PannenbergReligion
Historicity of Nature

Author: Wolfhart Pannenberg

Publisher: Templeton Foundation Press

ISBN: 9781599471259

Category: Religion

Page: 267

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Known as one of the most outstanding theologians of the twentieth century, Wolfhart Pannenberg is also considered a great interdisciplinary thinker. Now, essays and articles on science and theology that are central to understanding Pannenberg's theories have been collected into one volume. Niels Henrik Gregersen, a former student of Pannenberg and now professor of systematic theology at Copenhagen University, has compiled the writings in four sections: Methodology, Creation and Nature's Historicity, Religion and Anthropology, and Meaning and Metaphysics. Included in this volume are: •Translations of Pannenberg's principled argument for the consonance between science and religion, including contingency and laws of nature, field theories and space-time, and divine action •Translations of Pannenberg's theory of theology as a rational hypothetical science, including his discussions with leading British and American scholars such as A. N. Whitehead, John Cobb, and Langdon Gilkey •Previously unpublished articles on the problems between science and theology in the course of modern history, explaining why chance may be more important for theology than design •Translations of seminal articles that articulate Pannenberg's understanding of the role of religion in human nature •One of the few theological articles on aggression as a psychological and social phenomenon With this collection, the essays of this important contemporary theologian and his illuminating views are presented in one convenient volume.

An 'Open-Ended Distinctiveness'

Clement Yung WenReligion
An 'Open-Ended Distinctiveness'

Author: Clement Yung Wen

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

ISBN: 9783647522128

Category: Religion

Page: 283

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Insofar as the twentieth century has often been referred to as 'the ecumenical century', the twenty-first seems poised to become known as 'the century of World Christianity'. Into this situation, the present study seeks to show the ongoing relevance of Wolfhart Pannenberg's ecclesiological and ecumenical proposals and, in doing so, finds that his eschatologically-oriented and historically-rooted emphasis upon an 'open-ended distinctiveness' is exactly the kind of corrective that the emerging theological paradigm of World Christianity needs if it wants not only to stay contextually 'open-ended', but remain 'distinctively' Christian in outlook and character as well. Towards that end, the book begins with the story of ecclesiology's definitional expansion (from the time of the Reformation to now) before tracing the biographical and ideational roots of Pannenberg's overall programme. The study then proceeds by outlining the main contours of Pannenberg's ecclesiology and ecumenism, especially as such pertain to World Christianity. In this regard, several facets of Pannenberg's thought are highlighted for consideration, including his understanding of 'the church as sign of the kingdom', his doctrine of 'participation in Christ', his reassertion of the church's missionary task, his (underdeveloped) 'personalist' and 'social' thought-structures, his (ironically relevant) 'Constantinianism', his (directly relevant yet abstract) notion of 'creative love', and his views concerning contextualization and the ecumenical potential of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381. While much that is here developed serves as a healthy corrective for an emerging theological paradigm that is still maturing, some surprising critical insights arise that also flow the other way.

Being Versus Word in Paul Tillich's Theology?

Gert HummelOntology
Being Versus Word in Paul Tillich's Theology?

Author: Gert Hummel

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

ISBN: 3110165244

Category: Ontology

Page: 370

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Only 10 of the 25 essays are in English, the rest being in German. They consider various aspects of theologian Tillich's (1886-1965) thought. Among the topics are epistemological incorrigibility in the theology of Tillich, his logos-ontology and Habermas' theory of communicative practice, revising h

Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. III: From Modernism to Post-Modernism

Magne SæbøReligion
Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. III: From Modernism to Post-Modernism

Author: Magne Sæbø

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

ISBN: 9783647540221

Category: Religion

Page: 785

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The long and complex history of reception and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament through the ages, described in the HBOT Project, focuses in this concluding volume III, Part 2 on the multifarious research and the different methods used in the last century. Even this volume is written by Christian and Jewish scholars and takes its wider cultural and philosophical context into consideration. The perspective is worldwide and ecumenical. Its references to modern biblical scholarship, on which it is based, are extensive and updated.The indexes (names, topics, references to biblical sources and a broad body of literature beyond) are the key to the wealth of information provided.Contributors are J. Barton, H.L. Bosman, A.F. Campbell, SJ, D.M. Carr, D.J.A. Clines, W. Dietrich, St.E. Fassberg, D. Føllesdal, A.C. Hagedorn, K.M. Heim, J. Høgenhaven, B. Janowski, D.A. Knight, C. Körting, A. Laato, P. Machinist, M.A.O ́Brien, M. Oeming, D. Olson, E. Otto, M. Sæbø, J. Schaper, S. Sekine, J.L. Ska, SJ, M.A. Sweeney, and J. de Waard.

Erzähldiskurs und Redepragmatik im Alten Testament

Christof HardmeierReligion
Erzähldiskurs und Redepragmatik im Alten Testament

Author: Christof Hardmeier

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

ISBN: 3161487729

Category: Religion

Page: 468

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English summary: This volume of essays contains works from three decades of research activities and outlines the way to a performative theology in the Bible. This theology is based on understanding biblical texts as written recorded orality of remembering and talking about God. Christof Hardmeier's studies deal with the dynamic variety of this talking, using examples, examine the communicative action structures in the texts, in order to reveal their sociohistorical and performative-theological functions. The articles focus on four main subjects: narration as a basic form of witnessing faith, unique aspects of the deuteronomistic torah, the discursive and pragmatic qualities of written prophecies and of the Psalms and the biblical-systematic starting-points to a performative theology in the Bible. German description: Der vorliegende Aufsatzband vereinigt Arbeiten aus drei Jahrzehnten Forschungstatigkeit und zeichnet in der Einfuhrung wissenschaftsbiographisch den Weg zu einer performativen Theologie der Bibel nach. Konstitutiv fur diese Theologie ist das Verstandnis der Bibel als verschriftete Mundlichkeit. Sie greift systematisch-theologische Fragen der Wort-Gottes-Theologie auf und verankert die Hermeneutik des Sprachgeschehens sowohl textanalytisch als auch historisch-exegetisch in den Textzeugnissen des Alten Testaments. Christof Hardmeiers Studien widmen sich der dynamischen Vielfalt des Erzahlens und Redens von Gott und fragen exemplarisch nach den kommunikativen Handlungsstrukturen in den Texten, um ihre soziohistorischen und performativ-theologischen Funktionen zu erschliessen. Die Beitrage gruppieren sich um vier Schwerpunkte: um das Erzahlen als Basisform der Glaubensbezeugung (narrative Theologie) und der theologischen Reflexion sowie um singulare Aspekte der deuteronomistischen Tora, insbesondere ihre Vertragsmetaphorik, ihre Erinnerungspadagogik und ihre geschichtstheologische Einbettung. Drittens geht es um diskurspragmatische Eigentumlichkeiten in der Schriftprophetie und im Psalter, wahrend der Schlussteil biblisch-systematische Ansatzpunkte einer performativen Theologie der Bibel beleuchtet.