Rupturing eschatology
Subtitle: divine glory and the silence of the cross
By: Eric J. Trozzo
Series: Emerging scholars; Emerging scholars
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781451472103; 9781451479768
Subjects: Theology of the cross; Doctrinal Theology
Description: The modern and contemporary legacy of Luther's theology is a vital topic of continuing investigation, assessment, and construction. Rupturing Eschatology is Eric Trozzo's constructive retrieval of Luther's theology of the cross for the purpose of establishing a contemporary Lutheran and "emerging" account of the cross, silence, and eschatology. Seeking to overcome a tendency toward extrinsic notions of divine glory and transformation, the author explores Luther's early construction of the theology of the cross and divine hiddenness in concert with the work of the Lutheran mystical tradition and modern Lutheran theology, such as Jurgen Moltmann, Paul Tillich, and John Caputo. Trozzo argues for an intra-historical and intra-worldly account of divine possibility oriented around a contemporary theology of the cross marked by reclamation of the biblical and mystical practice of silence as the space that creates hope.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: Whither glory? : Martin Luther's theologia crucis --; title: Hope and the cross : Jürgen Moltmann's modern theology of the cross --; title: Tremulous abyss : the mystical Lutheranism of Jacob Boehme and Paul Tillich --; title: Encountering the im-possible : John Caputo's "weak" God --; title: The rest is silence.