"Seeking Refuge in God against God": The Hidden God in Lutheran Theology and the Postmodern Weakening of God

Martin Luther emphasizes the affective experience of the living God rather than God as an abstract, metaphysical idea. Luther explains this experience of God by distinguishing between God as Deus absconditus in his hidden majesty and God as Deus revelatus suffering on the cross. According to Luther,...

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Main Author: Stopa, Sasja Emilie Mathiasen (Author)
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Published: De Gruyter 2018
In: Open theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 658-674
Further subjects:B promise of unification
B Aristotelian metaphysics
B Deus revelatus
B The hidden God
B experience of God
B Sin
B the weak God
B divine omnipotence
B Postmodern theology
B Suffering
B Deus absconditus
B the revealed God
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