"Gott ist abenteuerlich in den Höhen": Luthers Theologie des Abenteuers
In our times, the term ‘adventure’ is fashionable, both in every-day language and in theology. But is ‘adventure’ more than a superficial and fashionable term in theology? Is it a substantial term that promises new insights into our understanding of God? This article provides a necessary preliminary...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
2022
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Kerygma und Dogma
Year: 2022, Volume: 68, Issue: 3, Pages: 228-249 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Luther, Martin 1483-1546
/ Jesus Christus
/ Human being
/ God
/ Adventure
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDD Protestant Church NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology NBF Christology |
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| Summary: | In our times, the term ‘adventure’ is fashionable, both in every-day language and in theology. But is ‘adventure’ more than a superficial and fashionable term in theology? Is it a substantial term that promises new insights into our understanding of God? This article provides a necessary preliminary work in order to answer this question in future: On the background of the history of the term ‘adventure’ from its origins up to the time of Renaissance (and partially also up to today), Martin Luther’s manifold use of ‘adventure’ is analyzed. These analyses reveal a surprising result: It is possible to draw central features of Luther’s theology as a theology of adventure, in at least nine respects. Luther’s claim that ‘God is adventurous in the highest’ can inspire a new, yet undeveloped, theology of adventure, in which the triune becoming of God is seen as an adventure of love, since the concept of adventure means the always new, spontaneous coincidence of contingency and goodness. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-8020 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Kerygma und Dogma
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.13109/kedo.2022.68.3.228 |