RT Book
T1 Christian contradictions: the structures of Lutheran and Catholic thought
A1 Hampson, Margaret Daphne 1944-
LA English
PP Cambridge u.a.
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2001
ED 1. publ.
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/314886273
AB Catholic thought and Lutheran thought are differently structured, embodying divergent conceptions of self and God. Failing to grasp the Lutheran paradigm, Catholics have wrenched Luther into an inappropriate framework. Roman/Lutheran ecumenism, culminating in the 'Joint Declaration' of 1999, attempts to reconcile incompatible systems, based on different philosophical presuppositions. Drawing on a wealth of material, both Continental and Anglo-Saxon, the author thinks through these structural questions within a historical context. But how - within a religion of revelation - can God be conceptualised as both foundational to the self and yet also as an 'other' with whom the self inter-relates? Kierkegaard is shown in a complex model to hold together strengths which historically have been exemplified by the two traditions. This is an important work in systematic theology which considers questions quite fundamental to Western religion. It should be of interest to theologians of all backgrounds and also to church historians.
NO Literaturverz. S. 294 - 315
CN BX8063.7.C3
SN 9780521450607
SN 0521450608
K1 Catholic Church : Relations : Lutheran Church
K1 Catholic Church : Doctrines
K1 Lutheran Church : Relations : Catholic Church
K1 Lutheran Church : Doctrines