Theological Essays II (Paperback)

Introduction 1. 'My Theology' - A Short Summary 2. 'You talk like a book...'. Toward an Understanding of the Philosophical Fragments of J. Climacus, edited by Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) 3. The Emergence of the New 4. 'Even the beautiful must die' - Beauty in the Light of Truth. Theological Observations on the Aesthetic Relation 5. The Dogmatic Significance of the Question of the Historical Jesus 6. The Revelation of the Hiddenness of God. A Contribution to the Protestant Understanding of the Hiddenness of Divine Action 7. The Mystery of Substitution. A Dogmatic Conversation with Heinrich Vogel 8. The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ as Sacrament and Example 9. Value-Free Truth: The Christian Experience of Truth in the Struggle against the 'Tyranny of Values' 10. On Becoming Truly Human. The Significance of the Reformation Distinction Between Person and Works for the Self-Understanding of Modern Humanity 11. Living Out of Righteousness: God's Action - Human Agency Index of Names and Themes Index of Scripture References