Toward a new Christianity, readings in the death of God theology / edited by Thomas J.J. Altizer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altizer, Thomas J. J., compiler.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death of God theology.

Physical Description:

viii, 374 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Hancourt, Brace & World, [1967]

Contents:

The death of God in the modern world. William Blake: The religious vision of William Blake, from Fearful symmetry: a study of William Blake, by N. Frye. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Hegel's study of the religious consciousness, from Hegel, a re-examination, by J. N. Findlay. Sooren Aabye Kierkegaard: The fork, a review of Kierkegaard's The last years, journals, 1853-1855 by J. Updike. Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski: Kirillov's quest, from The possessed. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche: Passages on the death of God., from The gay science and Thus spoke Zarathustra. The modern German mind, the legacy of Nietzsche, by E. Heller. Simone Weil: The absent God, by S. A. Taubes.

Radical expressions of European theology. Karl Barth: Two passages from The epistle to the Romans. Martin Buber: I, Thou, and it, from I and Thou. Paulinism in the modern world, from Two types of faith. Paul Tillich: Justification by doubt and the Protestant principle, from The Protestant era. Rudolph Bultmann: Passages from Theology of the New Testament. Herbert Braun: The problem of a New Testament theology.

The death of God theology in America. Jacob Taubes: On the nature of the theological method: some reflections on the methodological principles of Tillich's theology. John B. Cobb, Jr.: From crisis theology to the post-modern world. Gabriel Vahanian: The future of Christianity in a post-Christian era. William Hamilton: The new essence of Christianity. Paul van Buren: The meaning of the Gospel, from The secular meaning of the Gospel: based on an analysis of its language. Thomas J. J. Altizer: A wager, from the gospel of Christian atheism. William Mallard: A perspective for current theological conversation. Maynard Kaufman: Post-Christian aspects of the radical theology. Selected bibliography (p. 365-374).

OCLC:

732351