RT Article
T1 Systematic theology at the crossroads: Explication of a symbolic universe or contextualization of a redemptive message?
JF Dialog
VO 57
IS 1
SP 53
OP 59
A1 Nürnberger, Klaus 1933-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1571149023
AB The article compares Ted Peters' and Klaus Nürnberger's approaches in their recently published systematic theologies. Peters retains the traditional symbolic universe, explicating it for “a new era”; Nürnberger treats the evolving tradition as a series of contextualizations that must be replaced with new contextualizations as situations change. The difference and its consequences are demonstrated in the cases of the concept of God, eschatology, and the content of the gospel. At stake is the validity of the tradition on the one hand and the plausibility of the Christian faith in a modern context on the other.
K1 Christian symbols
K1 Concept of God
K1 Eschatology
K1 Systematic Theology
K1 Ted Peters
K1 Trinity
DO 10.1111/dial.12378