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Religion, Media, Ethics / Religion, Medien, Ethik by Günter Thomas
Kerstin Radde-Antweiler & Anke Offerhaus (Hrsg.): Medienvielfalt - Religionsvielfalt? Facetten der Transformation von Medien und Religion. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2019
In view of an increasingly broad concept of mediatization, the article proposes to consistently d... more In view of an increasingly broad concept of mediatization, the article proposes to consistently differentiate between processes of medialization and those of mediatization in the analysis of the connection between media and religion.
Since communicating with interactively unattainable, transcendent entities is at the center of religions, they are always dependent on the use of communication media. For an understanding of the development of medialization, it seems fruitful to distinguish between a more conservatively handled sacral axis and a social axis of communication among believers which can absorb a broad spectrum of ‘new’ media.
Compared with this process of medialization, which has been taking place in religious communication for millennia, the process of mediatization is more recent: It presupposes the operative closure of the media system as a social subsystem with its own logic of operations. Mediatization then refers to the processes in which religious organizations anticipate the way media observe religion and thereby transform themselves along these lines.
Angesichts eines zunehmend weit gefassten Begriffs der Mediatisierung schlägt der Beitrag vor, in der Analyse des Zusammenhangs von Medien und Religion konsequent zwischen Prozessen der Medialisierung und solchen der Mediatisierung zu differenzieren.
Da im Zentrum von Religionen die Kommunikation mit interaktiv unerreichbaren, transzendenten Entitäten steht, sind sie stets auf den Einsatz von Kommunikationsmedien angewiesen. Für ein Verständnis der Entwicklung der Medialisierung erscheint es aber fruchtbar, zwischen einer eher konservativ gehandhabten sakralen Achse und einer sozialen Achse der Kommunikation unter den Glaubenden zu unterscheiden.
Gegenüber diesem sich seit Jahrtausenden sich vollziehenden Prozess der Medialisierung ist der Prozess der Mediatisierung jüngeren Datums: Er setzt die operative Schließung des Mediensystems als gesellschaftliches Teilsystem mit eigenen Operationslogiken voraus. Mediatisierung bezeichnet dann die Prozesse, in denen religiöse Organisationen die Art und Weise, wie Medien Religion beobachten, antizipieren und sich hierdurch selbst transformieren.
... Novick, Peter, The Holocaust and Collective Memory. The American Experience, London 2000. ...... more ... Novick, Peter, The Holocaust and Collective Memory. The American Experience, London 2000. ... Pinchevski, Amit/Liebes, Tamar/Herman, Ora, Eichmann on the Air: Radio and the Making of a Historic Trial, forth-coming in: The Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television. ...
Academic Goals, Conception, and Object of Investigation for the Research Symposium: ... Witnessi... more Academic Goals, Conception, and Object of Investigation for the Research Symposium: ... Witnessing. Cultural Roots, Media-Related Forms and Cultural Memory ... April 2730, 2008, Villa Vigoni / Italy (http://www.villavigoni.it/) ... Prof. Dr. Dr. Günter Thomas (Th.M.) ...
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Charles Taylor's Master Narrative, 2000
Metzler Lexikon Religion, 1999
Media, Culture & Society
The following short paper is designed to unfold the following four theses concerning the nexuses ... more The following short paper is designed to unfold the following four theses concerning the nexuses of media, religion, mediation, and mediatization: 1. Mediation lies at the core of religion. The dynamics of mediation have always been crucial for any sound understanding of religious communication. Religions are cultural laboratories for mediated communication. 2. In order to capture the significant changes in late modern societies in the field of religion, one must work with a rather precise conceptual tool: with mediatization as opposed to mediation. 3. Mediatization is not caused by the media in any direct causal sense but is brought about by religious actors and institutions. It is a mirror process, in which religious institutions anticipate the way the media observe religion and transform themselves accordingly. 4. Many reforms initiated by the Protestant Churches in Germany over the last 20 years must be ‘read’ as processes of mediatization of religion and its institutions.
Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik, 2003
Zemmin, Florian / Jager, Colin / Vanheeswijck, Guido (eds.). Working with A Secular Age. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Charles Taylor's Master Narrative. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. (pp. 49-70)., 2016
The thesis of this chapter is that A Secular Age is not just an ambitious study in the history of... more The thesis of this chapter is that A Secular Age is not just an ambitious study in the history of culture and the philosophy of religion; it is a deeply religious book, and furthermore a thoroughly Catholic project, which provokes a Protestant reading. Before substantiating why A Secular Age demands a Protestant reading, however, it is first necessary to discern the methodical assumptions underlying Taylor’s book. I will then summarize the basic features of his master narrative which relate to its thoroughly Catholic orientation. In a third step, I will attempt to show why Charles Taylor’s magnum opus demands not only a theological reading but also a specific Protestant reading. Because this critique of Taylor’s
proposal is intended to be a conversation, I will eventually turn to the challenges Charles Taylor’s narrative poses for Protestant theology.
Media, Culture & Society, 2015
The following short paper is designed to unfold the following four theses concerning the nexuses ... more The following short paper is designed to unfold the following four theses concerning the nexuses of media, religion, mediation, and mediatization:
1. Mediation lies at the core of religion. The dynamics of mediation have always been crucial for any sound understanding of religious communication. Religions are cultural laboratories for mediated communication.
2. In order to capture the significant changes in late modern societies in the field of religion, one must work with a rather precise conceptual tool: with mediatization as opposed to mediation.
3. Mediatization is not caused by the media in any direct causal sense but is brought about by religious actors and institutions. It is a mirror process, in which religious institutions anticipate the way the media observe religion and transform themselves accordingly.
4. Many reforms initiated by the Protestant Churches in Germany over the last 20 years must be ‘read’ as processes of mediatization of religion and its institutions.
Evangelische Theologie, 2000
Media anthropology, 2005
... to the self-presentation of explicit traditional or pub-licly acknowledged religions, such as... more ... to the self-presentation of explicit traditional or pub-licly acknowledged religions, such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, or Judaism. ... with the structural forms of processing and pre-sentation and with the functions of television that anthropological perspectives on television ...
Evangelische Theologie, 2008
Kerstin Radde-Antweiler & Anke Offerhaus (Hrsg.): Medienvielfalt - Religionsvielfalt? Facetten der Transformation von Medien und Religion. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2019
In view of an increasingly broad concept of mediatization, the article proposes to consistently d... more In view of an increasingly broad concept of mediatization, the article proposes to consistently differentiate between processes of medialization and those of mediatization in the analysis of the connection between media and religion.
Since communicating with interactively unattainable, transcendent entities is at the center of religions, they are always dependent on the use of communication media. For an understanding of the development of medialization, it seems fruitful to distinguish between a more conservatively handled sacral axis and a social axis of communication among believers which can absorb a broad spectrum of ‘new’ media.
Compared with this process of medialization, which has been taking place in religious communication for millennia, the process of mediatization is more recent: It presupposes the operative closure of the media system as a social subsystem with its own logic of operations. Mediatization then refers to the processes in which religious organizations anticipate the way media observe religion and thereby transform themselves along these lines.
Angesichts eines zunehmend weit gefassten Begriffs der Mediatisierung schlägt der Beitrag vor, in der Analyse des Zusammenhangs von Medien und Religion konsequent zwischen Prozessen der Medialisierung und solchen der Mediatisierung zu differenzieren.
Da im Zentrum von Religionen die Kommunikation mit interaktiv unerreichbaren, transzendenten Entitäten steht, sind sie stets auf den Einsatz von Kommunikationsmedien angewiesen. Für ein Verständnis der Entwicklung der Medialisierung erscheint es aber fruchtbar, zwischen einer eher konservativ gehandhabten sakralen Achse und einer sozialen Achse der Kommunikation unter den Glaubenden zu unterscheiden.
Gegenüber diesem sich seit Jahrtausenden sich vollziehenden Prozess der Medialisierung ist der Prozess der Mediatisierung jüngeren Datums: Er setzt die operative Schließung des Mediensystems als gesellschaftliches Teilsystem mit eigenen Operationslogiken voraus. Mediatisierung bezeichnet dann die Prozesse, in denen religiöse Organisationen die Art und Weise, wie Medien Religion beobachten, antizipieren und sich hierdurch selbst transformieren.
... Novick, Peter, The Holocaust and Collective Memory. The American Experience, London 2000. ...... more ... Novick, Peter, The Holocaust and Collective Memory. The American Experience, London 2000. ... Pinchevski, Amit/Liebes, Tamar/Herman, Ora, Eichmann on the Air: Radio and the Making of a Historic Trial, forth-coming in: The Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television. ...
Academic Goals, Conception, and Object of Investigation for the Research Symposium: ... Witnessi... more Academic Goals, Conception, and Object of Investigation for the Research Symposium: ... Witnessing. Cultural Roots, Media-Related Forms and Cultural Memory ... April 2730, 2008, Villa Vigoni / Italy (http://www.villavigoni.it/) ... Prof. Dr. Dr. Günter Thomas (Th.M.) ...
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Charles Taylor's Master Narrative, 2000
Metzler Lexikon Religion, 1999
Media, Culture & Society
The following short paper is designed to unfold the following four theses concerning the nexuses ... more The following short paper is designed to unfold the following four theses concerning the nexuses of media, religion, mediation, and mediatization: 1. Mediation lies at the core of religion. The dynamics of mediation have always been crucial for any sound understanding of religious communication. Religions are cultural laboratories for mediated communication. 2. In order to capture the significant changes in late modern societies in the field of religion, one must work with a rather precise conceptual tool: with mediatization as opposed to mediation. 3. Mediatization is not caused by the media in any direct causal sense but is brought about by religious actors and institutions. It is a mirror process, in which religious institutions anticipate the way the media observe religion and transform themselves accordingly. 4. Many reforms initiated by the Protestant Churches in Germany over the last 20 years must be ‘read’ as processes of mediatization of religion and its institutions.
Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik, 2003
Zemmin, Florian / Jager, Colin / Vanheeswijck, Guido (eds.). Working with A Secular Age. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Charles Taylor's Master Narrative. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. (pp. 49-70)., 2016
The thesis of this chapter is that A Secular Age is not just an ambitious study in the history of... more The thesis of this chapter is that A Secular Age is not just an ambitious study in the history of culture and the philosophy of religion; it is a deeply religious book, and furthermore a thoroughly Catholic project, which provokes a Protestant reading. Before substantiating why A Secular Age demands a Protestant reading, however, it is first necessary to discern the methodical assumptions underlying Taylor’s book. I will then summarize the basic features of his master narrative which relate to its thoroughly Catholic orientation. In a third step, I will attempt to show why Charles Taylor’s magnum opus demands not only a theological reading but also a specific Protestant reading. Because this critique of Taylor’s
proposal is intended to be a conversation, I will eventually turn to the challenges Charles Taylor’s narrative poses for Protestant theology.
Media, Culture & Society, 2015
The following short paper is designed to unfold the following four theses concerning the nexuses ... more The following short paper is designed to unfold the following four theses concerning the nexuses of media, religion, mediation, and mediatization:
1. Mediation lies at the core of religion. The dynamics of mediation have always been crucial for any sound understanding of religious communication. Religions are cultural laboratories for mediated communication.
2. In order to capture the significant changes in late modern societies in the field of religion, one must work with a rather precise conceptual tool: with mediatization as opposed to mediation.
3. Mediatization is not caused by the media in any direct causal sense but is brought about by religious actors and institutions. It is a mirror process, in which religious institutions anticipate the way the media observe religion and transform themselves accordingly.
4. Many reforms initiated by the Protestant Churches in Germany over the last 20 years must be ‘read’ as processes of mediatization of religion and its institutions.
Evangelische Theologie, 2000
Media anthropology, 2005
... to the self-presentation of explicit traditional or pub-licly acknowledged religions, such as... more ... to the self-presentation of explicit traditional or pub-licly acknowledged religions, such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, or Judaism. ... with the structural forms of processing and pre-sentation and with the functions of television that anthropological perspectives on television ...
Evangelische Theologie, 2008
Evangelische Theologie, 2016
Dem Schmerz begegnen, 2021
Krankheitsdeutung in der postsäkularen Gesellschaft, 2009
Aging — Anti-Aging — Pro-Aging. Altersdiskurse in theologischer Deutung, 2009
Religion und Krankheit, 2010
Endliches Leben. Interdisziplinäre Zugänge zum Phänomen der Krankheit, 2010
Alterszäsuren. Zeit und Lebensalter in Literatur, Theologie und Geschichte, 2012
Sind Sie gut genug? Zur (Selbst)-Optimierung und Vervollkommnung des Menschen, 2011
Religion und Krankheit, 2010
Theodicy and protest, 2018
Religion und Aufklärung , 2010
Exploring Vulnerability, 2017
This chapter reconstructs the context and argument of Karl Barth’s innovative account of human si... more This chapter reconstructs the context and argument of Karl Barth’s innovative account of human sin and evil. For a proper understanding of the shifts in Barth’s treatment of these core themes, some ‘default positions’ are briefly sketched. The chapter next describes the implications that attend a transference of the doctrine of sin from anthropology to Christology. This shift is not only epistemic, changing the basis on which sin is recognized and understood. It is also a significant conceptual move, with sin described as a specific posture towards the grace of God, manifest in Christ. The chapter also shows how Karl Barth resists the temptation to reduce the existence of evil to a manageable deficiency of creation, while avoiding any dramatization of the experience of evil. Barth construes evil (nothingness, das Nichtige) in light of God’s creation as an election, with nothingness being that which is rejected in the divine act of creation. Rejecting a personification of evil (i.e., the devil), Barth nonetheless emphasizes the agency of evil as that against which the sovereign God battles.
Jahrbuch für biblische Theologie, May 19, 2019
Dialog-a Journal of Theology, Dec 13, 2021
The essay analyses two causes of the eloquent silence of many churches during Corona: That it has... more The essay analyses two causes of the eloquent silence of many churches during Corona: That it has become unthinkable for many theologians that while humans pose a threat to nature, nature itself threatens humans in turn. In addition, a conception of God that assumes only the suffering companion and human acts of solidarity blocks the theological road to the spiritual practice of lament. Beyond questionable imaginings of paradise and false notions of omnipotence, ways out of both impasses are shown.
transcript Verlag , Dec 31, 2021
Evangelische Verlagsanstalt eBooks, 2023
Exploring Vulnerability, 2017
Vulnerability is an essential but also an intriguing ambiguous part of the human condition. This ... more Vulnerability is an essential but also an intriguing ambiguous part of the human condition. This book con-ceptualizes vulnerability to be a fundamental threat and deficit and at the same time to be a powerful resource for transformation.The exploration is undertaken in multidisciplinary perspectives and approaches the human condition in fruitful conversations with medical, psychological, legal, theological, political and philosophical investiga-tions of vulnerability.The multidisciplinary approach opens the space for a broad variety of deeply interrelated topics. Thus, vulnerability is analyzed with respect to diverse aspects of human and social life, such as violence and power, the body and social institutions. Theologically questions of sin and redemption and eventually the nature of the Divine are taken up. Throughout the book phenomenological descriptions are combined with necessary conceptual clarifications. The contributions seek to illuminate the relation between vulnerability as a fundamental unavoidable condition and contingent actualizations related to specific dangers and risks. The core thesis of the book can be seen within its multi-perspectivity: A sound concept of vulnerability is key to a realistic, that is to say neither negative nor illusionary anthropology, to an honest post-theistic understanding of God and eventually to a deeply humanistic understanding of social life.
De Gruyter eBooks, May 9, 2022
Dialogue on Abraham Kuyper’s Legacy for Contemporary Ecotheology: An inter-continental dialogue, 2010
Karl Barths Theologie der Krise heute: Transfer-Versuche zum 50. Todestag, 2018
Ist Gott-jenseits eines naiv-personalistischen Theismus-für die theologische Reflexion und Konstr... more Ist Gott-jenseits eines naiv-personalistischen Theismus-für die theologische Reflexion und Konstruktion eine lebendige Entität, die dem menschlichen Er-fahren und Erkennen in ihrer Wirklichkeit und Erkenntnismöglichkeit voraus liegt und sich selbst zu dem theologischen Erkennen)verhalten< kann? Diese Frage markiert eine der mächtigsten Wasserscheiden innerhalb der gegenwär-tigen deutschsprachigen, aber auch der europäischen und angelsächsischen Theologie. Im Ringen um ihre Beantwortung hat die Theologie Karl Barths auch 50 Jahre nach seinem Tod und 100 Jahre nach dem Erscheinen seines Römerbrief-Kommentars eine erstaunliche)Daueraktualität<. Doch zugleich wäre es ein Missverständnis, in der Barthschen Theologie nur eine mehr oder weniger raf-finierte Behauptung der Realität eines lebendigen Gottes zu sehen. Vielmehr gilt es, die für Barths Theologie charakteristische Verklammerung eines spezifisch pneumatologischen Realismus und eines operativen Konstruktivismus wahrzu-nehmen. Dies sind die leitenden Überlegungen der folgenden Ausführungen. In der theologischen Erfassung dieser dynamischen Realität offeriert Karl Barth im Vollzug seiner Theologie ein Modell theologischer Erkenntnis, das multipel gelesen werden kann und muss: als pneumatologischer Realismus und als operativer Konstruktivismus. Nur dann wird die Pointe seiner Theologie er-fasst. Insofern die theologische Reflexion in der Tat auf eine außerhalb ihrer selbst liegende, ihr ontologisch und epistemisch vorgängige Entität verweist, ist sie als eine Form von Realismus beschreibbar-was sich nicht zuletzt auch in Barths sprachlich-literarischen Habitus tief eingeschrieben hat. Angesichts der epistemischen Unverfügbarkeit des Gegenstandes muss die konkrete Art und Weise, Theologie zu treiben, zugleich notwendig als konstruktivistisch be-schrieben werden. Es ist die spezifische freie, d. h. dynamisch-lebendige Gege-benheit des Gegenstandes, die diese Doppelperspektivierung erforderlich macht. Damit steht die Theologie Karl Barths auch in der Gegenwart auf provozierende Weise über bzw. zwischen antirealistischen Positionierungen mehrheitlich li-beraler Provenienz einerseits und vornehmlich im englischsprachigen Raum sehr wirkmächtigen Positionen eines tendenziell objektivistischen Realismus.
Metzlers Lexikon Religion. Gegenwart - Alltag - Medien, 2005
Metzler Lexikon Religion, 1999
Dialog, 2021
The essay analyses two causes of the eloquent silence of many churches during Corona: That it ha... more The essay analyses two causes of the eloquent silence of many churches during
Corona: That it has become unthinkable for many theologians that while
humans pose a threat to nature, nature itself threatens humans in turn. In addition,
a conception of God that assumes only the suffering companion and human
acts of solidarity blocks the theological road to the spiritual practice of lament.
Beyond questionable imaginings of paradise and false notions of omnipotence,
ways out of both impasses are shown
The Monetization of the Market and its Impact on Religion, Politics, Law, and Ethics, 2014
Praktische Theologie, 1999
Responsibility and the Enhancement of Life, 2017
The paper describes several ways the notion of responsibility was expanded and enlarged over the ... more The paper describes several ways the notion of responsibility was expanded and enlarged over the last decades. This is, however what needs to be called a 'problem creating solution'. The author criticizes an inflationary notion of responsibility. The paper argues that responsibility in a strict and in terms of action theory meaningful meaning of the concept is always to a space of responsibility - even though the space might need to extended or often multiple spaces are entangled.
Die politische Aufgabe von Religion, 2011
Evangelische Theologie, 2007
Der Beitrag zeigt detailliert und beispielorientiert, dass die Mehrzahl der in dem Impulspapier ›... more Der Beitrag zeigt detailliert und beispielorientiert, dass die Mehrzahl der in dem Impulspapier ›Kirche der Freiheit‹ vorgetragenen Reformvorschläge geeignet ist, die Finanz- und Mitgliederkrise des deutschen Protestantismus nicht zu beheben, sondern in den nächsten Jahren dramatisch zu vertiefen. Der Prozess des Aufbruchs und die Ausgestaltung der so genannten ›Leuchtfeuer‹ orientieren sich soziologisch, organisationspsychologisch und nicht zuletzt theologisch an falschen Parametern. Die meisten ›Leuchtfeuer‹, so die These, erweisen sich bei näherer Betrachtung als gefährliche Klippen auf dem Kurs der Evangelischen Kirche. Die den Prozess vorantreibende Mischung aus Aufbruchsgeist und Krisenalarmismus hat in mehrfacher Hinsicht fragwürdige Grundlagen: eine zu kurz greifende, oberflächliche und optimistische Kulturdiagnose, eine unzureichende Selbstwahrnehmung der Kirche, eine formelhaft leere Theologie und schließlich fragwürdige Versatzstücke eines Qualitätsmanagements. Gegenläufi...
Metzler Lexikon Religion, 2005
Die Coronakrise fordert die Kirchen nicht nur zu neuen Formen mutiger Nächstenliebe zu Zeiten der... more Die Coronakrise fordert die Kirchen nicht nur zu neuen Formen mutiger Nächstenliebe zu Zeiten der sozialen Distanzierung heraus. Sie provoziert auch das theologische Nachdenken. Nicht nur die Ethik, auch die Dogmatik ist herausgefordert. Die Coronakrise führt zu einem tiefgreifenden Umbau der Bühne, auf dem die Kirche sich aufführt. Bewährtes tritt in den Hintergrund, Vergessenes schiebt sich in den Vordergrund. Es ist nicht nur eine thematische Schnittstelle, die wichtig wird, wie z.B. Verantwortung, Schöpfung oder Theodizee. Diese Krise berührt die ganze Theologie. Um im Bild der Orgel zu sprechen: Die Coronakrise zieht alle Register der Theologie. Sie zwingt zu theologischer Ehrlichkeit und zu konstruktiver Auseinandersetzung. Diese Krise hat die Kraft, vertraute theologische Formen zu zerbröseln und Worthülsen öffentlich als das zu entlarven, was sie sind: leere Hülsen längst vergangener Gefechte.
Evangelische Theologie, 2015
Metzler Lexikon Religion. Gegenwart - Alltag - Medien, 1999
Evangelische Theologie, 2005
Jahrbuch für biblische Theologie, Jan 18, 2021
Kritik der Theorie sozialer Systeme. Auseinandersetzungen mit Luhmanns Hauptwerk, 1992
Die Wirklichkeit der Auferstehung, Jan 20, 2002
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](Ewiges Leben. Ende oder Umbau einer Erlösungsreligion [Eternal Life. Termination or Reconstruction of a Religion of Redemption?], 2018
The notion of an 'eternal life' is central to the Christian idea of redemption. For 'eternal life... more The notion of an 'eternal life' is central to the Christian idea of redemption. For 'eternal life' denotes the state of consummation redemption is directed towards. Changes and shifts within the idea of redemption can thus be made visible by attending to the notion of an 'eternal life'. And it is such changes and shifts which are provoked by challenges to the Christian tradition from societal and scientific dynamics in modernity. It is in focusing on the notion of eternal life that the contributions of this volume analyse and explicate such changes and shifts in the idea of redemption. They do so in looking back into the Christian tradition, developing constructive proposals from contemporary theology and philosophy of religion, and by asking for possible analogies within the field of religion, in diaconia, literature, and biomedicine. The question central to these different approaches is how far Christianity can and should be described as a religion of redemption under conditions of modernity.
Der theologische Begriff eines ,ewigen Lebens' ist ein wesentlicher Kristallisationspunkt für die christliche Idee von Erlösung. Versteht man Erlösung formal als Übergang von einem defizitären zu einem vollendeten Zustand, so bezeichnet ,ewiges Leben' dieses Zweite: Erlösung geschieht auf ewiges Leben hin. Umbauten der Idee von Erlösung, wie sie sich in der Moderne angesichts gesellschaftlicher und wissenschaftlicher Herausforderungen christlicher Tradition vollziehen, lassen sich daher am Begriff des ewigen Lebens prägnant beobachten. Dabei zeigen sich sowohl charakteristisch unterschiedliche Optionen als auch übergreifende Entwicklungen. In Orientierung am Begriff des ewigen Lebens gehen die Beiträge des vorliegenden Bandes diesen Umbauten nach - mit Rückblicken in die christliche Tradition, konstruktiven Zugängen gegenwärtiger Theologie und Religionsphilosophie und mit dem Blick auf Resonanzräume der Idee von Erlösung im religiösen Feld, in Diakonie, Literatur und Biomedizin.
Evangelische Theologie, 2015
Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, 2020
Evangelische Theologie, 2003
Evangelische Theologie, 2000
Die Wirklichkeit der Auferstehung
De Gruyter eBooks, May 10, 2021
Das Kreuz Jesu Christi als Risiko der Inkarnation
Jahrbuch für Biblische Theologie, 2015
In order to illuminate our theological understanding of love this essay analyzes love in the cont... more In order to illuminate our theological understanding of love this essay
analyzes love in the context of the Pauline formula of faith, love, and hope.
In terms of method, the essay combines exegetical observations, conceptual
tools from communication theory and constructive theology. Faith, love,
and hope are theologically conceptualized not as virtues but as media of
communication of the Holy Spirit. The relationships between faith, love,
hope are illuminated with conceptual tools coming from communication
theory: They can be seen as symbolically generalized media of communication.
On this basis the rich texture of love is unfolded. The unity of faith,
love, and hope constitutes the shape of the Christian life and provides an
indispensable contribution to social live.
Evangelische Theologie, 2003
The Oxford Handbook of Karl Barth, 2019
This chapter reconstructs the context and argument of Karl Barth’s innovative account of human si... more This chapter reconstructs the context and argument of Karl Barth’s innovative account of human sin and evil. For a proper understanding of the shifts in Barth’s treatment of these core themes, some ‘default positions’ are briefly sketched. The chapter next describes the implications that attend a transference of the doctrine of sin from anthropology to Christology. This shift is not only epistemic, changing the basis on which sin is recognized and understood. It is also a significant conceptual move, with sin described as a specific posture towards the grace of God, manifest in Christ. The chapter also shows how Karl Barth resists the temptation to reduce the existence of evil to a manageable deficiency of creation, while avoiding any dramatization of the experience of evil. Barth construes evil (nothingness, das Nichtige) in light of God’s creation as an election, with nothingness being that which is rejected in the divine act of creation. Rejecting a personification of evil (i.e.,...
Evangelische Theologie, 2003