The cinematic hidden Christ - His invisible divinity and his visible humanity
If we want to reflect upon the impact of the many hidden Christ'-images in modern films at a theologically responsible way, we need to incorporate that reflection into our doctrine of revelation. That will imply that we have to re-open the classical Gospel-Culture discussion. Especially in the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Stellenbosch University
[2017]
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Stellenbosch theological journal
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 299-317 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture NBB Doctrine of Revelation NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Christology
B Revelation B Symbol B Transcendence B hidden Christ B Immanence |
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| Summary: | If we want to reflect upon the impact of the many hidden Christ'-images in modern films at a theologically responsible way, we need to incorporate that reflection into our doctrine of revelation. That will imply that we have to re-open the classical Gospel-Culture discussion. Especially in the United States we can recognize a lot of original approaches to this issue in Reformed circles (Wolterstorff, Dyrness, Begbie, Seidell, etc.). The main question to be put in this article will be: How can we develop criteria to assess the depiction of the divine in these films? |
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| ISSN: | 2413-9467 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Stellenbosch theological journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17570/stj.2017.v3n2.a13 |