Man's Extremity and the Modern Artist
THESIS: The current idiom, “the death of God,” may be taken as either defiant atheism or as modern man's way of articulating his own extreme lostness. If the absence of God is more celebrated today than his presence, what would it mean for Christian thinkers to examine such nihilism as a clue t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1963
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Theology today
Year: 1963, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 370-389 |
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| Summary: | THESIS: The current idiom, “the death of God,” may be taken as either defiant atheism or as modern man's way of articulating his own extreme lostness. If the absence of God is more celebrated today than his presence, what would it mean for Christian thinkers to examine such nihilism as a clue to man's extremity for which, hopefully, the gospel may come as good news? Modern abstract expressionism in art provides some interesting clues. But the Christian “Yes” to despairing man's “No” must come through the agony of nothingness. Who knows? Man's talk about the death of God may even be God's way of preparing us for his reappearance in our midst. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057366302000308 |