Retrieving the Law and Gospel Distinction for the Task of Dogmatics
In this paper, I argue that contemporary dogmatics shares a common interest in the representation of God and God's acts in human language, be this in a more narrowly propositional way or a more broadly defined doxological or dramaturgical way. I argue for an alternative way of looking at the ta...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
Year: 2019, Volume: 61, Issue: 3, Pages: 297-315 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Protestant theology
/ Dogmatics
/ Law and Gospel
/ Christology
/ Trinity
/ Soteriology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KDD Protestant Church NBA Dogmatics NBC Doctrine of God NBF Christology NBK Soteriology |
| Further subjects: | B
Christozentrismus
B Atonement B Law B Christology B Trinity B Gospel B Reconciliation B Christocentrism B Soteriology B Dogmatics B Method |
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| Summary: | In this paper, I argue that contemporary dogmatics shares a common interest in the representation of God and God's acts in human language, be this in a more narrowly propositional way or a more broadly defined doxological or dramaturgical way. I argue for an alternative way of looking at the task of dogmatics in terms of the classical distinction between Law and Gospel. I argue that this view of the task of dogmatics makes us understand premodern dogmatics better than from the perspective of dogmatics as oriented towards representation. Finally, I argue that this alternative can be a way of doing dogmatics nowadays in a fresh way. I illustrate these three points by reference to the doctrine of the Trinity, Christology and atonement. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9520 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/nzsth-2019-0016 |