1st Edition

God as the Event of Being A Hermeneutical Onto-Theology

By Hartmut von Sass Copyright 2026
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

This book focuses on conceptualizing “God” not as a static entity but as an ephemeral event or, more precisely, an atmospheric reality . It presents, discusses, and elaborates on the claim that God is identical with the divine effects, i.e., God’s existence is God’s effective essence. The thesis of the book implies a repudiation of ‘metaphysical’ accounts that conceptualize God as a... Read more

Abbreviations  Preface to German Edition  Preface To The English Edition  Translator’s Note  Introduction: On The Uses And Advantages Of Hermeneutical Theology  1. Beyond Orthodoxy And Liberalism: Hermeneutical Theology As A Post-Metaphysical Project  2. God As No-Thing. On The Deobjectification Of Theology’s Object  3. The Decisive Paradox. Barth, Bultmann And The Unavailability Of The Word  4. Once Again: Theology As Science. Bultmann Reads Heidegger – An Ambivalent Perusal  5. Passing In Parables. Ernst Fuchs On The Sacrament Of Faith  6. Understanding Oneself In God. On Faith’s Self-Understanding: Its Reason And Abyss  7. God And Phenomena. On The Event And Its Theological Horizon  8. Seeing Everything Differently? Reconceptualizing The World In Ambivalence  9. Praying And Receiving. The Hermeneutics Of Petitionary Prayer  Afterword. At The Margins. Thinking In A Different Mood  Bibliography.  Index

Biography

Hartmut von Sass is Full Professor of Systematic Theology with Special Focus on Dogmatics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Hamburg, Germany.