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Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Examining work by Rowan Williams, this essay explores what he often refers to as the ‘difficulty’ of writing theology. The difficulty of theology lies in engaging the ruse of having ultimate answers to ultimate questions. The stakes are high: ‘God‐talk’ must concern itself with truth, with reality.
Graham Ward
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Judaism, Philo, and Hegel's Theology
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Hegel displays consistent interest in Judaism, but his presentation seems to differ widely between his earlier and later writings. Contemporary scholarly interpretations of this apparent change also differ widely. In this article, I present the interpretive problem as one of continuity‐discontinuity, and place the major scholarly treatments ...
Reed Frey, C.O.
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Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Theodor Steinbüchel (1888–1949) offers a study of eight figures in Western history who may be regarded as gestalts of Christian Humanism. He argued that none of these eight figures will ever return in the same way, but since there was an eternal conception of Christianity to which their ethos gave human form, each of these gestalts can be ...
Tracey Rowland
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Narrative- and Space-Making in the City on the Example of Lublin
Prace Filologiczne. Literaturoznawstwo, 2019 This paper discusses the literary, artistic, scientific, and educational narratives that are (re)created to facilitate the city’s recovery of memory in the wake of the Holocaust.This is the case with Lublin.The story of the complete destruction of its ...
Agnieszka Hudzik
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On Theology and the “Overcoming” of Metaphysics: Falque, Betz, Heidegger, and Marion
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract John Betz and Emmanuel Falque have recently defined “metaphysics” as something intrinsic to the Christian faith. This faith, they claim, has always spoken metaphysically, until lately challenged by the likes of Heidegger and Marion. However, when we consider Heidegger and Marion's account, we find a completely different approach to metaphysics.
Matthew C. Kruger
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Nordisk Judaistik, 2018 The apostle Paul, author of many letters in the New Testament, is often considered to be the father of Christian antisemitism and a staunch opponent of keeping the Torah.
Stefan Larsson
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Language, Otherness, and the Art of Struggle: A Dialogical Reading of the People of Babel
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Many have valued the story of Babel for its anthropological insights. However, what these might be has remained contentious. One of the most recent debates has concerned the nature of the people's sin. Where more traditional accounts have accentuated the severity of their actions and the finality of God's retributive response, other ...
Matthew D. Kirkpatrick
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Finding the roots of the "prison and well" theme in mystical literature [PDF]
تاریخ ادبیات, 2010 Persian mystical literature is watered by the fountain of principles and foundations of Islam. However, some common themes in mystical texts are not compatible with the spirit of the original teachings of Islam.
محمّدرضا حسنی جلیلیان +1 more
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Lost in Communication? Beyond the Aporia of Kenosis
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Contemporary kenoticist Christologies reach an impasse when they conflate metaphorical and analogical predication. Interpreting divine “self‐emptying” in analogical terms—as divine self‐divestment—generates ethical concerns as well as philosophical, exegetical, and doctrinal difficulties.
Ligita Ryliškytė SJE
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Mistycyzm żydowski a gnostycyzm w późnej starożytności
Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne, 2006 Gershom Scholem, the founder and main authority of modern research on Jewish mysticism, strictly connected the first ancient stage of this religion phenomenon, so called Hekhalot or Merkavah mysticism, with Gnosticism (in its broad definition). Sholem’s
Przemysław Piwowarczyk
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