Jordan Redding

Addressed by the Word (eBook, ePUB)

Eduard Thurneysen on Being Human

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Eduard Thurneysen (1888-1974) was a close friend and confidant of Karl Barth. Whereas Barth pursued an academic career in theology, Thurneysen was committed to pastoral ministry. For him, the church is the "Existenzgrund" and subject of all theology as the gathered congregation is addressed and shaped by God's living Word. Cast in Barth's long shadow, Thurneysen has often been overlooked in scholarship. However, he is a significant theologian in his own right, focusing on questions of pastoral care, the church, popular culture and the intersection of theology with other disciplines (such as psychology). In short, his theology is earthed in the messy and ordinary reality of being human. In this book, Jordan Redding argues that Thurneysen's theology of being human continues to offer much to the church today. Thurneysen realized that the practice of pastoral care reflects assumptions about what it means to be human. Conversely, pastoral practices articulate, embody, and inform theological anthropology. Thurneysen's theology of being human is therefore deeply practical. This book is for anyone interested in the intersection of theological anthropology with pastoral practice of the church. It is also recommended for anyone interested in practical questions emerging from Barth's Theology of the Word.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978715554
• Artikelnr.: 67972977

Autorenporträt

Jordan Redding (Ph.D., University of Otago) is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and teaches courses on Presbyterian and Reformed Christianity at the Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Eduard Thurneysen on Being Human
Chapter One: Strong Impressions and Inspirations
Formation 1888-1913
Chapter Two: The Human Being Crying Out for Life
Leutwil-Dürrenäsch 1913-1920
Chapter Three: The Human Being and the Wisdom of Death
Bruggen 1920-1927
Chapter Four: The Human Being Claimed by Christ the Lord
Basel 1927-1939
Chapter Five: The Human Being under the Judgment of the Cross
Basel 1939-1945
Chapter Six: The Human Being as Personal Ganzheit under the Claim of God
Basel 1946-1974
Part Two: Theological Anthropology in New Orientations
Chapter Seven: Theological Anthropology as Practical Task
In conversation with Ray Anderson
Chapter Eight: Theological Anthropology as Pastoral Task
In conversation with John Swinton
Chapter Nine: Theological Anthropology in the Horizon of Hope
In conversation with Jürgen Moltmann