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Anfechtung

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English summary: Spiritual trial - a marginalised classic or a classically marginal note? That remains largely unresolved. And yet something theologically decisive depends upon this very alternative. For spiritual trial denotes an attitude within faith towards faith for which that very faith has become deeply problematic. Accordingly, this highly metaphorical term is intrinsically bound to the concept of faith, while faith is not only thematised concerning its contents, but also its existential aspects. Are people therefore no longer having experiences of this kind and, this being the case, has 'spiritual trial' been turned into a mere relict? Or does contemporary theology no longer have any use for a notion it once considered indispensable? What do we lose when we leave it in this state of abandonment? And were we to renew our efforts to define this classic, what would we then be able to understand better and describe in more detail?

German description: Anfechtung - ein marginalisierter Klassiker oder eine klassische Marginalie? Das ist weithin ungeklart. Und doch hangt von dieser Alternative theologisch einiges ab. Denn Anfechtung bezeichnet eine Haltung im Glauben zum Glauben, fur die der Glaube problematisch geworden ist. Entsprechend ist dieser metaphorische Ausdruck wesentlich an den Begriff des Glaubens gekoppelt, wobei der Glaube nicht nur im Blick auf seine Inhalte, sondern auch auf seinen Vollzug zum Thema wird. Machen also Menschen derartige Erfahrungen heute nicht mehr, wodurch die `Anfechtung' zum blossen Relikt wird? Und sollten wir uns um jenen Klassiker erneut bemuhen, was konnten wir dann besser verstehen und genauer beschreiben? Mit Beitragen von: Pierre Buhler, Stefan Berg, John Caputo, Eric Hall, Andreas Hunziker, Michael Moxter, Stephen Mulhall, Hartmut von Sass, Konrad Schmid, Heiko Schulz, Christoph Schwobel, Philipp Stoellger, Hans Weder, Claudia Welz, Jens Wolff

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ISBN: 9783161547188
Publication date: 23rd November 2016
Author: Hartmut von Sass, Andreas Hunziker, Pierre Buhler, Stefan Berg
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 296 pages
Series: Hermeneutische Untersuchungen Zur Theologie
Genres: Theology
Christianity
Religion and beliefs