General & Miscellaneous Christian Theology, Utopias, Religion - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
In this extraordinarybiblical theology of the word Vahanian has given us an account of God's creative utterance, one in which the text exemplifies the linguistic acts it describes. Difficult and demanding, this work expands the powers of language beyond those envisioned by Barth, Bultmann or, more recently, Marion. Vahanian's God is first and foremost a God who speaks with us and through us. Yet we are not God's spokespersons but are spoken for. Far from being a referring term that names an existing being, for Israelite consciousness God whose name remains unutterable is heard as event and deed. In the New Testament, Jesus as word spells out the very condition required for there to be language, the human condition. How then are world and word related? God is in the world not as nature, which for Vahanian is the province of science, but as word. The world is, ‘that space in which the glory of God comes to pass,’ both filling and fulfilling. This vision, future-oriented, this-worldly and utopian, leads to a radically innovative and original ecclesiology. Vahanian declares that the church is not only a distributor of material and spiritual goods, but also ‘a laboratory for the kingdom of God.’ Spellbinding and profound, this book can be appropriated both as a new poetic liturgy and as a complex text that requires the most attentive reading.” Edith Wyschogrod, Rice University.Synopsis
Anonymous God: An essay on not dreading words<|>, is acompelling interpretation of the biblical tradition that allows (this tradition) to speak in a radically new manner to contemporary human beings, in a language that is hopeful without being idealistic. It has been translated from the French by Noëlle Vahanian, Ph.D. and recast by the author.
Book Details
Published
November 1, 2001
Publisher
Davies Group Publishers, The
Pages
182
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781888570571