Die Metaphysikkritik Gerhard Ebelings und ihre Vorgeschichte
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University of Oxford
- Unit of assessment
- 31 - Theology and Religious Studies
- Output identifier
- 10366
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Mohr Siebeck
- ISBN
- 9783161543579
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph investigates the development of the theological critique of metaphysics in an extensive and complex corpus of texts from 1850 until the end of the 20th century. It does not only study the developments of the use and of meaning of the term ‘metaphysics’ and its cognates in four theological authors, but also in their main philosophical sources, comparing different editions which are not easily accessible with unpublished archive material. Thus, it presents the critical insight that the modern critique of metaphysics was not, as commonly assumed, directly based on Luther but arose from contemporary discussions and arguments.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
- The book expounds the development of the critique of metaphysics in German Protestant theology in the 19th and early 20th centuries (Ritschl, Herrmann, Bultmann). Usually attributed to Reformation theology the study shows that the critique is actually rooted in contemporary theological discussions and the situation of the church. The study then goes on to examine Gerhard Ebeling’s detailed examination of the role of metaphysics in theology and his justification of its rejection. While he claims to draw from Luther, his ideas can be traced back to his teacher Bultmann as well as to Herrmann and Ritschl. Written in German.