Remythologizing theology :divine action, passion, and authorship /Kevin J. Vanhoozer.
Description
Introduction : What is remythologizing? -- Pt. I. "God" in scripture and theology. Biblical representation (Vorstellung) : divine communicative action and passion -- Theological conceptualization (Begriff) : varieties of theism and panentheism -- The new kenotic-perichoretic relational ontotheology : some "classical" concerns -- Pt. II. Communicative theism and the triune God. God's being is in communicating -- God in three persons : the one who lights and lives in love -- Pt. III. God and world : authorial action and interaction. Divine author and human hero in dialogical relation -- Divine communicative sovereignty and human freedom : the hero talks back -- Impassible passion? : suffering, emotions, and the crucified God -- Impassible compassion? : from divine pathos to divine patience -- Conclusion : Always remythologizing? : answering to the holy author in our midst.
xix, 539 p. ;24 cm.
Book Details
Author
Vanhoozer, Kevin J.
Place Published
City
Cambridge, UK ;New York
Date Published
2010
Publication Subjects
Philosophical theology.
God (Christianity)
Demythologization.
Bultmann, Rudolf,1884-1976.
Call No.
BT40.V36 2010
ISBN
9780521470124 (hardback), 0521470129 (hardback)
LCCN
2009039351
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-522) and indexes.