1st Edition

Eberhard Jüngel and Existence Being Before the Cross

By Deborah Casewell Copyright 2021
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

This book interrogates the contemporary Lutheran theologian Eberhard Jüngel’s theological anthropology, arguing that Jüngel’s thought can provide a model for theological engagement with philosophical accounts of existence. Focusing on Jüngel’s theology of existence, the author explores the thought of philosophers, including Heidegger and Hegel, their influence on and application to his theology,... Read more

Introduction

PART I: Sourcing the self

1. The problem of philosophy

2. The problem of being

3. The problem of theology

PART II: Theology from the cross

Introduction: Theology out of the cross

4. Sin, death, and nothingness

5. The call and response of faith

6. Community and love

Conclusion

Biography

Deborah Casewell is a Humboldt Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Bonn.