The eminent death-of-God theologian traces his lifelong search for a theory that is contemporary yet biblical.
Theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer became both famous and infamous as the chief spokesman for death-of-God theology in the 1960s. In the years that followed, he has created a theological tradition that has influenced all succeeding generations of theologians. Living the Death of God is Altizer’s theological memoir. Taking us from his transformation as a theological student to his present life of solitude, Altizer recapitulates the voyage to create a truly new theology. The memoir recounts each stage of this voyage, from being overwhelmed by Satan to a conversion to the death of God and an extensive and even ecstatic preaching of the death of God. However, this is the death of that God who is the wholly alienated God, a death realizing anew the crucified God or the apocalyptic Christ.
Written with Altizer’s characteristic elegance, this book is fascinating on its own account, but can also serve the reader as a companion or introduction to Altizer’s body of work.
Inhoudsopgave
Preface
Foreword: The Last Theologian
Mark C. Taylor
1. The Calling
2. New York
3. Epic Theology
4. Initiation
5. Holocaust
6. Art
7. Yes and No
8. Crucifixion
9. Ethics
10. Predestination
11. Prayer
12. Absolute Abyss
13. Apocalypse
Index
Over de auteur
Mark C. Taylor is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences at Williams College. His previous books include Erring, Altarity, and Journeys to Selfhood.
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