Published since January 1, 1959

Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie

ISSN: 1612-9520

Edited by: Johannes Zachhuber

In cooperation with: Lubomir Batka, Philippe Büttgen, Christine Helmer, Shao Kai Tseng, Grant Kaplan, Johanne S. T. Kristensen, Cornelia Richter, Hartmut von Sass, Christiane Tietz, Robert Vosloo, Simeon Zahl

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The Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie which is published in four annual issues of 112 pages each, examines the exciting dialogue between Lutheran-Reformed theology and philosophy in the broadest sense, seeks to keep open a breadth of responsible thought in the controversial issue of contemporary theology, and offers a variety of ways to formulate questions. Through its international editorial board, it guarantees an exchange of theological research in German and English. Each issue features a review of periodicals which serve to keep the reader abreast of new research in the field.

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Volume 64 Issue 4

November 2022

Frontmatter

Publicly Available December 3, 2022

Frontmatter

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December 3, 2022

Editorial

Page range: 315-316

December 3, 2022

Nachruf auf Christoph Schwöbel

Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt, Friedrich Hermanni

Page range: 317-319

December 3, 2022

Welche Metaphysik braucht die Theologie? Mit einem Deutsch-Skandinavischen Rückblick

Svend Andersen Aarhus

Page range: 320-337

Abstract

The critique of C. H. Ratschow and Knud E. Løgstrup against the existential theology of Bultmann serves as starting point for asking the question about the possibility of thinking metaphysically within theology. Various forms of critique of metaphysics are mentioned, in particular the one of Jürgen Habermas, who’s characterisation of Martin Luther’s theology as „fideistic“ is rejected. After a short presentation of the concept of time in Luther’s De servo aritrio the creation philosophy of Løgstrup is presented as a plausible theological metaphysics.

December 3, 2022

Wie ist die Welt zu erklären, wenn sie einer Erklärung bedarf?

Friedrich Hermanni

Page range: 338-350

Abstract

The essay explores in four steps the question of whether the world needs an explanation and how it is to be explained in the case of its need for explanation. The first step argues that the principle of sufficient reason is valid and may be applied to the world as a whole. The three following steps examine different possibilities of explaining the world. It is shown that neither an immanent nor an axiogenetic explanation is possible, but that only an ontotheological explanation has a chance of success.

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Christlicher Glaube zwischen Lehre und Liebe

Werner G. Jeanrond

Page range: 351-362

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This article discusses the potential of Christoph Schwöbel’s relational theology for a reconsideration of Christian faith between church teaching and the dynamic praxis of love. Faith is approached as a relational phenomenon that is always already inspired by and confronted with shifting human expectations. At the interface between human expectations and God’s ongoing self-communication, theology reflects on both in a critical and self-critical manner. The future orientation of faith is then discussed in terms of God’s love, promise and faithfulness. Finally, the article argues for the need to develop a new concept of the soul as the relational centre of human beings.

December 3, 2022

Hegel’s Camel. From the History of Reconciliation to the Theory of Atonement

Risto Saarinen

Page range: 363-381

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The paper discusses the relationship between “atonement” and “reconciliation” in systematic theology, claiming that Hegel’s concept of reconciliation ( Versöhnung ) continues to influence contemporary English-speaking theology. It is argued that the so-called theories of atonement often tacitly assume “Hegel’s camel”, an idea consisting of three propositions as follows: (i) atonement is a consistent umbrella concept that pertains to the systematic explanation of the entire work of Christ, (ii) atonement contains both an overarching rational insight and a moral code of conduct that provide an apology for the truth of Christian faith, (iii) Anselm of Canterbury has seminal importance when this rational atonement is explained. The paper complements the author’s historical-critical discussion of “reconciliation” undertaken in St. Andrews Encyclopedia of Theology .

December 3, 2022

„Von dem einigen mitler Jhesu Christo“. Was man von Andreas Osianders Häresie noch lernen könnte

Walter Sparn

Page range: 382-399

Abstract

The first part of this contribution is devoted to my recollection of Christoph Schwöbel; both of us were pupils of Carl Heinz Ratschow, albeit at different times and in different roles. However, we both have been following a twofold counsel of our teacher, first not to restrict theology to value judgments but to strive for an ontology of Christian belief and second to work with a “Trinitarian definition of Christology”. Part two recounts the turmoil around Andreas Osiander in a turbulent time of a crisis of authority around 1550. He was in the end judged to be heretic and was excluded from “true” Lutheranism in the Formula of Concord 1577. Indeed, his doctrine of justification, influenced by humanistic Neoplatonism and even the Kabbala was contrary to the predominant position of the Wittenberg school. However, the crucial point was Osiander’s constellation of Soteriology, Christology and Trinitarian concept of God on a strictly exegetic basis. Part three offers a sketch of the interrelation of Osiander’s soteriological model of the believer’s ascension to God, his Christology of a mediator, and his concept of the divine Logos. In his time, Osiander in a way fulfilled Ratschow’s twofold counsel, in opposition to Christological functionalism and theological positivism. Even today, in view of the ecumenical debate on the doctrine of justification, his thought might give useful hints for revising the aforementioned tasks in fundamental theology.

December 3, 2022

Authority and Critique

Oswald Bayer

Page range: 400-408

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Editorial

Edited by

Johannes Zachhuber, Oxford

In Collaboration with

Lubo Batka, Bratislava
Philippe Büttgen, Paris
Christine Helmer, Chicago
Shao Kai Tseng, Zhejiang
Grant Kaplan, Saint Louis
Johanne Stubbe T. Kristensen, Copenhagen
Cornelia Richter, Bonn
Hartmut von Saß, Berlin
Christiane Tietz, Zurich
Robert Vosloo, Stellenbosch
Simeon Zahl, Cambridge

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Online ISSN: 1612-9520
Print ISSN: 0028-3517
Type: Journal
Languages: German, English
Publisher: De Gruyter
First published: January 1, 1959
Publication Frequency: 4 Issues per Year