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The desert shall bloom: A dialogue between experiences of supporting trauma survivors and Moltmann & Sölle’s theologies of suffering and hope
No full textFollowing the Second World War, a theological re-examination of ―suffering and hope‖ arose, led by authors such as Moltmann and Sölle; however, little has been written on the topic since the 1970s. Given this length of time, the question arose for me as to whether, in the light of a rapidly changing world, this past theology continues to provide a meaningful way of talking about suffering and hope. Would the reflections of contemporary Christians who have supported others in the depths of suffering have anything to add to how theologians explore the issue of suffering and hope?
In order to answer this, I decided to interview Australian Christians who had supported asylum seekers during a time of particularly severe immigration detention policies. Conditions experienced within Australia‘s detention centres have contributed to the distress of already traumatised refugees; thus advocates who supported them have a unique experience of suffering and hope.
Drawing on phenomenology, a social research methodology that seeks to explore the meaning made out of experiences, I systematically reviewed themes arising from the reflections of some advocates and compared these themes alongside the theologies of Moltmann and Sölle.
The themes, many and varied in their scope, have been divided into three sections. The first section explores the issue of suffering, including the necessity for Christian theology to hold the darkness of life without turning too quickly towards hope, and the nature of sin and evil. In the second section, hope is explored starting with the question of whether it is permissible for theologians from a relatively privileged background to write about hope and progressing to explore Christian anthropology, compassion and forgiveness. Finally, I consider the question of what can be learnt from these reflections about the nature of God
Subordinate but equal : the intra-Trinitarian subordination of the Son to the Father in the theologies of P. T. Forsyth and Jürgen Moltmann
No full textIn the New Testament and in the early church fathers’ writings, the Son is understood to be ontologically equal to the Father and subordinate to him. Whether understood as ingenerate-generate, sender-sent, commanded-obedient, subordination shows the distinction between the Father and Son. As seen in church history, minimizing these distinctions can lead to modalism and pressing them too far leads to Arianism.
In the Bible, obedience or subordination does not mean ontologically inferior. Rather, obedience results from faith and love. Although some fathers connected obedience to Christ’s humanity, they were doing so while rejecting the Arian argument that the Son’s obedience meant he was ontologically inferior. They affirmed the voluntary obedience of the Son as an expression of his love for the Father and rejected any sense of coercion or determinism. The doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son from the Father’s ousia held together the equality and subordination of the Son to the Father.
Beginning with Christ’s atoning work rather than metaphysics, P. T. Forsyth and Jürgen Moltmann believe that the Son’s obedience is crucial for the atonement to be the free act of grace of the Sovereign God. Because of this, the Son’s obedience must be divine, and thus eternal. Otherwise, the obedience would be from Christ’s humanity, and humanity would contribute in inappropriate ways to the atonement. They also believe that subordination, obedience, humility, and servanthood complete the understanding of divine love. The unity provided by the same divine love is expressed according to the particularity of the Person. In the Trinitarian relationship, the Son’s eternal obedience is his free response to the Father. Here subordination is not oppression, but perfect love freely given to the perfect Lover.
This fuller conception of divine love that a proper emphasis on obedience affords has great potential to help Trinitarain theology contribute to the elimination of oppression and the improvement of human relationships and to do so in a manner consistent with the biblical witness
Attitude Reports, Cognitive Products, and Attitudinal Objects: A Response to G. FelappiOn Product-Based Accounts of Attitudes
No full textInternational audienceIn a range of recent and not so recent work (Moltmann 2003a, 2003b, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2016b, 2016d), I have developed anovelsemantics ofattitude reports on which the notionof anattitudinal object or cognitive producttakescenterstage, thatis, entities such as thoughts claimsanddecisions. T hepurpose of this note is to give a brief summary of this account against the background of the standard semantics of attitude reports and to show that the various sorts of criticism that Felappi (2014) recently advanced against it are mistaken
"The Holy Spirit and the renewal of all things: pneumatology in Paul and Jürgen Moltmann" by T. David Beck
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T. David Beck, The Holy Spirit and the Renewal of All Things: Pneumatology in Paul and Jürgen Moltmann (Cambridge: James Clarke & Co., 2010).Publisher PD
Letter, [Author unclear] to Paulina T. Merritt
No full textHandwritten letter to Paulina Merritt from an unknown author, October 1, 1876.
La Trinité selon Jürgen Moltmann : un dialogue entre Occident et Orient
No full textPenser Dieu un et trine est l'un des défis majeurs du christianisme aujourd'hui. Nombre de théologiens contemporains constatent en effet le peu de place que les chrétiens accordent à la Trinité comme telle. Ainsi Jürgen Moltmann propose-t-il comme thérapie le renouvellement de la doctrine de la Trinité. En s'inspirant de la théologie orientale, il commencera par la trinité des personnes pour se poser ensuite seulement la question de leur unité : il visera à développer une doctrine sociale de la Trinité. Plus globalement, le théologien de Tübingen a repris systématiquement l'examen des grands thèmes du christianisme, mais aucun de ceux-ci n'est traité sans référence à la Trinité. D'où l'intérêt d'une étude, qui n'avait pas encore été réalisée, sur la Trinité comme telle dans l'ensemble de l'oeuvre moltmannienne. Cette exploration de la pensée trinitaire de Moltmann s'inscrit dans une perspective de théologie dogmatique. L'hypothèse du projet, à vérifier, est la suivante: pour un systématicien comme Moltmann, si chaque ouvrage est voulu comme une réponse à une question particulière, c'est dans l'ensemble de son oeuvre que sa pensée trinitaire mûrit et s'éclaircit, déployant sa logique propre, ses prémisses et ses conclusions. Notre projet comporte également un autre présupposé: la réflexion d'un tel auteur a la capacité d'interpeller de manière féconde tant la triadologie occidentale que l'orientale ; réciproquement, ces deux traditions sont aussi en mesure de questionner la triadologie moltmannienne. Ainsi, après avoir pris la mesure de l'ensemble de celle-ci, on la confrontera avec les théologies trinitaires de l'Occident et de l'Orient. Une confrontation de Moltmann avec la théologie orientale n'avait encore jamais été tentée. Pour mener à bien cette recherche, nous avons opté pour la méthode thématique et systématique, car elle nous permet de considérer la pensée du théologien allemand en permanence comme un tout dans sa cohérence et son amplitude, sans que nous soyons contraint de suivre l'élaboration de cette pensée de manière purement chronologique. Ceci ne nous empêche pas de prendre en compte l'évolution de notre auteur, même si elle n'est pas comme telle l'objet de notre étude. Notre travail se divise en deux parties. La première exposera la théologie trinitaire de Jürgen Moltmann. Elle se compose de six chapitres, où nous analysons les grandes thématiques qui se sont dégagées d'une lecture approfondie et systématique de l'oeuvre moltmannienne : les ouvrages de Moltmann ; la croix du Christ et la Trinité ; la tradition occidentale et la connaissance du Dieu trinitaire ; l'histoire du Dieu trinitaire avec le monde ; création et Trinité ; l'accomplissement eschatologique et la Trinité. Dans la seconde partie, nous établissons un dialogue entre Moltmann et les deux grandes traditions chrétiennes, occidentale et orientale. Il s'agit d'une reprise critique et systématique de la théologie trinitaire du professeur de Tübingen, où orientaux et occidentaux s'adressent à lui de manière directe ou indirecte. Cette partie comprend quatre chapitres : la connaissance de Dieu dans la tradition patristique ; Moltmann et la théologie de la croix ; Moltmann et la tradition ; le Dieu trinitaire, le monde et la création. La conclusion finale réunit les acquis principaux et fondamentaux de notre recherche et montre l'apport de la théologie moltmannienne tant à l'Orient qu'à l'Occident, et réciproquement. Ainsi le théologien de Tübingen appelle-t-il l'Occident et l'Orient à un dépassement des problèmes internes dont souffrent nos Eglises, à un travail herméneutique continu, à une attention plus soutenue aux problèmes du monde d'aujourd'hui pour une meilleure intelligence de la foi. L'Occident et l'Orient, quant à eux, attirent l'attention de Moltmann sur la distinction entre Absolu et Historique afin de préserver la transcendance, la gratuité, l'altérité et la liberté divines. Nous espérons ainsi pouvoir contribuer à une meilleure compréhension mutuelle de ces différentes traditions théologiques pour progresser vers la communion plénière au sein de la diversité des communautés chrétiennes.Doctorat en théologie (THEO 3) -- UCL, 200
An assessment of some recent Trinitarian thought
No full textThis thesis is a study of some representative thinkers in recent trinitarian thinking (post 1970). My intention is to note leading themes, in particular changes from past emphases, and also assess the seriousness of some of the problems that result. In the first two chapters I characterise and analyse in some detail two representative Roman Catholic writers (Leonardo Boff and Catherine Mowry LaCugna) and two Protestant (Jűrgen Moltmann and Colin E. Gunton), noting some of their major recurring themes, and, where appropriate, points of convergence or divergence. Chapter III then focuses upon the most marked feature of recent Trinitarian thinking, the new stress on a dynamic and social understanding of the doctrine. Chapter IV offers a critique, arguing that the whole approach is premised on anthropological and sociological assumptions that really come from elsewhere than from revelation. The net result is to restrain God in a typology of this world. The final chapter then attempts to balance that critique by noting both positive and negative contributions in such recent thinking. As a whole the thesis welcomes the new focus on the biblical revelation, as I agree that the doctrine can only be found on the basis of God's salvation history. Where I differ is in questioning whether recent trends do not impair the fundamentally transcendent character of the being of God, through too simplistic a dependency on human reason and anthropological ideologies
"The Holy Spirit and the Renewal of All Things: Pneumatology in Paul and Jürgen Moltmann" by T. David Beck
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Cristo na era digital: interface da comunica??o digital com a cristologia de J. Moltmann
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Previous issue date: 2011-12-22This dissertation examines the impact of the Internet in the conception of the person of Jesus Christ among Catholic youth of Rio Grande do Sul, constructing a dialogue with the thought of the Theologian J?rgen Moltmann. To this end, it presents a qualitative study with focus groups interviews with young Catholics in four cities of Rio Grande do Sul. Initially, the article traces the christological itinerary of Moltmann, highlighting their his theology from the dimension of hope, emphasizing the Christopractice. It then it presents the characteristics of the digital age as well as the characteristics of the present generation youth. It also presents the epistemological assumptions that guide the work. The methodological procedures are the following: focus group as a technique; the audience researched; the inerpretation follows de lines of the methodological framework of depth hermeneutics, that serves as a broad framework in the analysis of symbolic forms of communication. The data are systematized and categorized, and are interpreted according to the pressuppositions of the Christology in messianic dimensions of J. Moltmann, trying to answer the question: who is Jesus Christ for us today?Esta disserta??o analisa o impacto da internet na concep??o de Jesus Cristo entre jovens cat?licos do Rio Grande do Sul, construindo um di?logo com o pensamento do *te?logo J?rgen Moltmann. Para tal, apresenta-se uma pesquisa qualitativa com jovens cat?licos em quatro cidades do estado. Inicialmente, o texto tra?a o itiner?rio cristol?gico de Moltmann, destaca a teologia a partir da dimens?o da esperan?a, dando ?nfase ? cristopr?tica. Em seguida, o presente trabalho caracteriza a era digital, assim como dos jovens desta gera??o. Os procedimentos metodol?gicos s?o detalhados: a t?cnica do grupo focal, o p?blico pesquisado e o referencial metodol?gico da Hermen?utica de Profundidade, que serve como um enquadramento amplo na an?lise de formas simb?licas de comunica??o. Ap?s, os dados s?o sistematizados e categorizados, para serem relacionados com a cristologia em dimens?es messi?nicas de J. Moltmann, a fim de responder ? quest?o: quem ? Jesus Cristo para os jovens cat?licos hoje
The resurrection : aspects of its changing role in 20th century theology
No full textThis thesis deals with theologies of the Resurrection in the
twentieth century. We have chosen for study seven major theologians
whose work reflects significant achievement in this area. We begin
with a look at 'dialectical' theologians Karl Barth and Rudolf
Bultmann and deal with their debate on the nature and meaning of
the Resurrection. Because of their importance to theology they are
dealt with extensively. From there we move on to the contemporary
theologians of 'hope, ' Jürgen Moltmann and Wolfhart Pannenberg,
before completing our research with a chapter on the Catholic
theologians Karl Rahner, Edward Schillebeeckx, and Hans Küng.
It was our purpose initially (and we hope we have been consistent
throughout) to give a well-rounded purview, and thus a fairer criticism,
of each theology. Yet into the research it seemed obvious
that a consistent major concern of each theologian centered on
how one comes to faith in such a unique event. It was certainly
at the core of the Barth-Bultmann debate and remains crucial. Thus
it may be stated that the concerns which receive the primacy in this
work are those discussions in our theologies which deal with the
nature of the Resurrection, its status as an event of history, and
its ability to be proved and thus believed as other events of history
are proved and believed. We ultimately conclude that the most
satisfactory entry into faith in the Resurrection is through a juxtaposing
of the work of Wolfhart Pannenberg and Hans Küng.
The focus of the paper is changed in the second half of the
Conclusion as we suggest what course studies on the Resurrection
might take in the future. Here we find the perspective of Jewish
New Testament theologian Pinchas Lapide to be most provocative and
speculate on the possibilities that the Resurrection might hold
for Jewish-Christian relations
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