Ist die "reductio in mysterium" irrational?: zu A. Kreiners quaestio disputata
One type of contemporary religious criticism deals with a variety of theodicee-arguments. This essay discusses a recent theological book on this issue by Armin Kreiner. He unfolds himself a very rationalistic theodicee and opposes it to any kind of a "reductio in mysterium", interpreting t...
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| Language: | German |
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1999
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Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
Year: 1999, Volume: 121, Issue: 2, Pages: 159-176 |
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B Knowability of God B Rationality B Theodicy B theodicy problem B Mystery B Criticism B God B Theodizeeproblem B Critique of religion |
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| Summary: | One type of contemporary religious criticism deals with a variety of theodicee-arguments. This essay discusses a recent theological book on this issue by Armin Kreiner. He unfolds himself a very rationalistic theodicee and opposes it to any kind of a "reductio in mysterium", interpreting this theological commonplace as an illegal evasive method of dealing with this theme. His idea of a freewill-defence seems to be logically consistent, but it involves theological Problems. Kreiner is forced to eliminate the category of "mysterium" from theological thinking. In contrast to this an interpretation of the theodicee-question, in which the problems are tackled without the certitude of a solution, is preferred. This „aporetic" thinking is an indispensable part of theological knowledge, for example in the christological formulations of Chalcedon, which form a basic document for the faith. Following the aporetical inspiration of Chalcedon, the exposed ideas suggest a theodicee, which insists on the insolubility of the main problem, interpreting this result – against Kreiner – as strictly rational thinking. |
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