Incarnational humanism: a philosophy of culture for the church in the world
Zimmermann`s premise is at once breathtaking and simple. He will assert in a theological fashion that orthodox Christology remains the single best hope for incorporating a truly humanistic understanding of our community (10). In the preface there are hints of a much deeper philosophy here, based on...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Downers Grove, Ill.
IVP Academic
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Strategic initiatives in evangelical theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church
/ Humanism
/ Culture
B Western world / Secularism / Faith witness / Evangelical movement |
| Further subjects: | B
Incarnation
B Christianity and religious humanism B Augustinus, Aurelius Saint (354-430) De doctrina christiana B Christianity and culture B Jesus Christus B Theological Anthropology Christianity |
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| Summary: | Zimmermann`s premise is at once breathtaking and simple. He will assert in a theological fashion that orthodox Christology remains the single best hope for incorporating a truly humanistic understanding of our community (10). In the preface there are hints of a much deeper philosophy here, based on the entirety of the Christian Tradition with a focus on the Catholic writers in particular (he moves from Irenaeus to de Lubac in short order). By the end of the preface we are introduced to the theological Logos, dualism, and Bonhoeffer (a theologian with the heart of a Catholic, I and his biographer would venture). Zimmermann`s goal, then, is better understood "not (as) an uncritical recovery of a certain Christian metaphysics" but to regain "a radically different theological notion of reality, a notion by which earlier Christians achieved a holistic view of the Christian life (13)." This, Zimmermanns suggests, will regain some moral fortitude in our increasingly inhuman society. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-350) and index Rezension (Review): Augustinian Studies 44 (2013) 198-202 (R. Topping) |
| ISBN: | 0830839038 |