Can the Created Co-Creator Be Lutheran? A Response to Svend Andersen
The author responds to Svend Andersen's article in this journal 43: 4(Winter 2004) 312–23, “Can Bioethics Be Lutheran?” in which Andersen criticizes the concept of humans as created co-creators, particularly because it asserts an equality between God and humans; he recommends in its place Luthe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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| In: |
Dialog
Year: 2005, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 184-188 |
| Further subjects: | B
Forgiveness
B created co-creator B Grace B Irony B Andersen B genetic intervention |
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| Summary: | The author responds to Svend Andersen's article in this journal 43: 4(Winter 2004) 312–23, “Can Bioethics Be Lutheran?” in which Andersen criticizes the concept of humans as created co-creators, particularly because it asserts an equality between God and humans; he recommends in its place Luther's concept of humans as God's co-operators or co-workers. It is argued here that the created co-creator meets the critique offered. The concept can be both theologized and secularized, which Andersen overlooks. The concept can be integrated into the Christian theology of divine creation, but it introduces irony into theological formulation which is necessary, and which the idea of “God's co-operators” fails to do. Finally, the chief and most difficult theological issues are framed: Why does God create co-creators? and How can they receive grace within a Lutheran framework? |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-2033.2005.00255.x |
