Die polyphone Theologie der Kirchenväter. Der Beitrag des Johnnes von Damaskus
Can a compilation from the past be creative? Does the notion of tradition contradict the idea of innovation? The case of a Syrian theologian, who lived in the Arabic caliphate when Antiquity turned to the Middle Ages, whose name was John of Damascus, demonstrates that the answer to both questions ca...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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[2019]
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Evangelische Theologie
Year: 2019, Volume: 79, Issue: 5, Pages: 393-401 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John Damascene 675-749
/ Theology
/ Tradition
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages NBA Dogmatics |
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| Summary: | Can a compilation from the past be creative? Does the notion of tradition contradict the idea of innovation? The case of a Syrian theologian, who lived in the Arabic caliphate when Antiquity turned to the Middle Ages, whose name was John of Damascus, demonstrates that the answer to both questions can be positive, contrary to the common wisdom. The article explores the concepts of Tradition with capital T, traditions with lower case t, and traditionalism, through the prism of the writings of John. It argues that the best illustration to what tradition was for John, is not the famous »Black square« by Kizimir Malevich, but the Farbstudie Quadrate by Wassily Kandinsky. |
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| ISSN: | 2198-0470 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Evangelische Theologie
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14315/evth-2019-790511 |