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The Presence and Absence of God

Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion, Conference 2008
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
236 Seiten
Englisch
Mohr Siebeckerschienen am17.11.2009
Safeguarding the distinction between God and world has always been a basic interest of negative theology. But sometimes it has overemphasized divine transcendence in a way that made it difficult to account for the sense of God's present activity and experienced actuality. Criticisms of the Western metaphysics of presence have made this even more difficult to conceive. On the other hand, there has been a widespread attempt in recent years to base all theology on (religious) experience; the Christian church celebrates God's presence in its central sacraments of baptism and Eucharist; process thought has re-conceptualized God's presence in panentheistic terms; and some have argued that God might be poly-present, not omnipresent.But what does it mean to say that God is present or absent? For Jews, Christians, and Moslems alike God is not an inference, an absentee entity of which we can detect only faint traces in our world. On the contrary, God is present reality, indeed the most present of all realities. However, belief in God's presence cannot ignore the widespread experience of God's absence. Moreover, there is little sense in speaking of God's absence if it cannot be distinguished from God's non-presence or non-existence. So how are we to understand the sense of divine presence and absence in religious and everyday life? This is what the essays in this volume explore in the biblical traditions, in Jewish and Christian theology and philosophy, and in contemporary philosophy of religion.mehr

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KlappentextSafeguarding the distinction between God and world has always been a basic interest of negative theology. But sometimes it has overemphasized divine transcendence in a way that made it difficult to account for the sense of God's present activity and experienced actuality. Criticisms of the Western metaphysics of presence have made this even more difficult to conceive. On the other hand, there has been a widespread attempt in recent years to base all theology on (religious) experience; the Christian church celebrates God's presence in its central sacraments of baptism and Eucharist; process thought has re-conceptualized God's presence in panentheistic terms; and some have argued that God might be poly-present, not omnipresent.But what does it mean to say that God is present or absent? For Jews, Christians, and Moslems alike God is not an inference, an absentee entity of which we can detect only faint traces in our world. On the contrary, God is present reality, indeed the most present of all realities. However, belief in God's presence cannot ignore the widespread experience of God's absence. Moreover, there is little sense in speaking of God's absence if it cannot be distinguished from God's non-presence or non-existence. So how are we to understand the sense of divine presence and absence in religious and everyday life? This is what the essays in this volume explore in the biblical traditions, in Jewish and Christian theology and philosophy, and in contemporary philosophy of religion.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-16-150205-7
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2009
Erscheinungsdatum17.11.2009
ReiheReligion in Philosophy and Theology
Seiten236 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht376 g
Artikel-Nr.10351167

Autor

Ingolf U. Dalferth, Dr. theol., Dr. h.c., Jahrgang 1948, ist Ordinarius für Systematische Theologie, Symbolik und Religionsphilosophie in Zürich und seit 1998 Direktor des Instituts für Hermeneutik und Religionsphilosophie. Er ist Mitglied der Theologischen Kammer der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (EKD), Präsident der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Religionsphilosophie und der Europäischen Gesellschaft für Religionsphilosophie sowie Hauptherausgeber der"Theologischen Literaturzeitung"(Leipzig), der"Hermeneutischen Untersuchungen zur Theologie"(Tübingen) und von"Religion in Philosophy and Theology"(Tübingen). 2005 erhielt er die Ehrendoktorwürde der Theologischen Fakultät Uppsala.Geboren 1948; 1977 Promotion; 1982 Habilitation; Professor Emeritus für Systematische Theologie, Symbolik und Religionsphilosophie an der Universität Zürich; Danforth Professor Emeritus für Religionsphilosophie an der Claremont Graduate University in Kalifornien.