Resurrecting the death of God
Subtitle: the origins, influence, and return of radical theology
By: edited by Daniel J. Peterson and G. Michael Zbaraschuk ; with an afterword by Thomas J.J. Altizer
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781438450452; 9781438450469; 9781438450476
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Death of God theology; Gott-ist-tot-Theologie
Description: In 1966, an infamous Time magazine cover asked "Is God Dead?" and brought the ideas of theologians William Hamilton and Thomas J. J. Altizer to the wider public. In the years that followed, both men suffered professionally and there was no notable increase to the small number of thinkers considered death of God theologians. Meanwhile, Christian fundamentalism staged a striking comeback in the United States. Yet, death of God, or radical, theology has had an ongoing influence on contemporary theology and philosophy. Contributors to this book explore the origins, influence, and legacy of radical theology and go on to take it in new directions. In a time when fundamentalism is the greatest religious temptation, this volume makes the case for the necessity of resurrecting the death of God.--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Resurrecting the death of God / Daniel J. Peterson; title: I. The modern death of God : origins and influence. The death of God revisited : implications for today / Rosemary Radford Ruether; title: Is God dead? Some aftereffects and aftershocks of the Holocaust / John K. Roth; title: Altizer : the religious theologian, then and now / John B. Cobb Jr.; title: God is still dead : retrieving the lost legacy of William Hamilton / G. Michael Zbaraschuk; title: Holocaust, mysticism, and liberation after the death of God : the significance of Dorothee Soelle / Sarah K. Pinnock; title: II. The second coming of radical theology. The death of God and the politics of democracy / Jeffrey W. Robbins; title: Extraordinary ecclesiology : radical theology in practice / Christopher Demuth Rodkey; title: The death of God, death, and resurrection / Clayton Crockett; title: Becoming / Andrew W. Hass; title: Twilight of an axial God / Lissa McCullough; title: Afterword / Thomas J.J. Altizer.