Resurrecting the death of God : the origins, influence, and return of radical theology / edited by Daniel J. Peterson and G. Michael Zbaraschuk ; afterword by Thomas J. J. Altizer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altizer, Thomas J. J., author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Peterson, Daniel J., 1972- editor.

Zbaraschuk, G. Michael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death of God theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1966, an infamous Time magazine cover asked "Is God Dead?" and brought the ideas of theologians William Hamilton and Thomas J. J. Altizer to the wider public. In the years that followed, both men suffered professionally and there was no notable increase to the small number of thinkers considered death of God theologians. Meanwhile, Christian fundamentalism staged a striking comeback in the United States. Yet, death of God, or radical, theology has had an ongoing influence on contemporary theology and philosophy. Contributors to this book explore the origins, influence, and legacy of radical theology and go on to take it in new directions. In a time when fundamentalism is the greatest religious temptation, this volume makes the case for the necessity of resurrecting the death of God.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Editor�s Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Resurrecting the Death of God""; ""Radical Theology Never Died""; ""Tracing the Two Trajectories""; ""Beyond the Trajectories""; ""Deicide into the Third Millennium""; ""Notes""; ""I. The Modern Death of God: Origins and Influence""; ""1. The Death of God Revisited: Implications for Today""; ""The Death of God Theologians of the 1960s""; ""Feminist Theology and Disbelief in the Patriarchal God""; ""Latin American Liberation Theology: Idols of Death and the God of Life""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""

""2. Is God Dead? Some Aftereffects and Aftershocks of the Holocaust""""Breaking Silence""; ""The God of History""; ""The 614th Commandment""; ""A Credibility Crisis""; ""No More Theodicy""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""3. Altizer: The Religious Theologian, Then and Now""; ""Cobb on Altizer: 1970""; ""On Faith and Culture""; ""On Theological Style""; ""Cobb on Altizer Today""; ""Notes""; ""4. God Is Still Dead: Retrieving the Lost Legacy of William Hamilton""; ""Detective""; ""Assassin""; ""Artist""; ""Why Eclipsed?""; ""Further Reflection""; ""Liberation Movements""

""What Abides: Jesus/Christ, Love, Action""""Notes""; ""5. Holocaust, Mysticism, and Liberation after the Death of God: The Significance of Dorothee Soelle""; ""Autobiographical Reflections""; ""The Impact of Dorothee Soelle""; ""Soelle�s Theology after the Death of God""; ""Post-Theism and Suffering in Holocaust and Liberation Theology""; ""Conclusion: Mysticism after the Death of God""; ""Notes""; ""II. The Second Coming of Radical Theology""; ""6. The Death of God and the Politics of Democracy""; ""Tocqueville�s Democracy in America""; ""Democracy and the Death of God""

""Rethinking Religion""""The Dialectic between Religion and Democracy""; ""Notes""; ""7. Extraordinary Ecclesiology: Radical Theology in Practice""; ""The Radical Reversal""; ""Pastoral Practice""; ""Radical Ecclesiology""; ""Notes""; ""8. The Death of God, Death, and Resurrection""; ""Notes""; ""9. Becoming""; ""Notes""; ""10. Twilight of an Axial God""; ""Notes""; ""Afterword""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438450476

1438450478