The apocalyptic trinity / Thomas J.J. Altizer.
For 50 years Thomas J.J. Altizer has been at the forefront of public and academic debate in theology and the philosophy of religion. The central figure of the so-called 'death of god' debate of the 1960s, Altizer has continued to write on the issues and conditions for theology in modernity...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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| Series: | Radical theologies.
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| Summary: | For 50 years Thomas J.J. Altizer has been at the forefront of public and academic debate in theology and the philosophy of religion. The central figure of the so-called 'death of god' debate of the 1960s, Altizer has continued to write on the issues and conditions for theology in modernity, and to influence new generations of students, scholars and readers worldwide, arguing for a Christian atheism that challenges institutional, orthodox Christianity to its core. In this latest, audacious book, Altizer demands nothing less than a radical rethinking of the theology of the Trinity, forcing into question both the residual liberal piety and the conservative faith that still undergird so much of religious studies and theology. Yet this volume is at the same time a work that returns the Trinity to centrality within Christian theology and existence. The Apocalyptic Trinity seeks to call forth a uniquely Christian Godhead that embodies absolute apocalypse--that very apocalypse originally enacted by Jesus as apocalyptic prophet. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137276223 1137276223 9781137276209 1137276207 9781137276216 1137276215 9781137276230 1137276231 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |