Abstract This essay begins with a phenomenological outline of the interchangeability of the terms ‘form’ and ‘matter’, and the transitivity of their relationship in metaphysics and aesthetics, when placed in the context of linguistic deconstruction. It then argues for an operative, rather than resultative, approach to ‘form’, pointing out that in a created cosmos created minds only ever approach substantial (metaphysical) forms by making use of language, i.e. by inventing linguistic forms. From there, the argument turns to the special language of the Scriptures, when read both in their historical relativity and as vehicles of the transcendent divine Word, and explores the analogy between the paradoxes of the matter‐form pair and several features of the Scriptures, such as the Möbius strip‐like enunciative structure, in which human and divine voices are reciprocally interwoven. Christ, the principle of the unity of the divine and human voices of the Scriptures, appears as the source of all the analogical instances of the transitivity and reversibility of form‐matter duality. Even more profoundly than his restoration of the signum , Christ re‐establishes ‘form’ in its interaction with ‘matter’.
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Modern TheologyEarly View Book Review Forbidden: Receiving Pope Francis's Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons by S.J. Drew Christiansen and Carole Sargent, editors (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2023), xiv + 387 pp. Michael J. Baxter, Corresponding Author Michael J. Baxter [email protected] McGrath Institute for Church Life, 342 Geddes Hall University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556Search for more papers by this author Michael J. Baxter, Corresponding Author Michael J. Baxter [email protected] McGrath Institute for Church Life, 342 Geddes Hall University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556Search for more papers by this author First published: 12 October 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12896Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation
现代神学年鉴书评:禁止接受教皇弗朗西斯对核武器的谴责，作者:S.J.德鲁·克里斯蒂安森和卡罗尔·萨金特，编辑(华盛顿特区:乔治城大学出版社，2023)，xiv + 387页。Michael J. Baxter，通讯作者Michael J. Baxter [email protected]麦格拉斯教会生活研究所，342 Geddes Hall圣母大学，诺特丹，IN, 46556搜索作者的更多论文迈克尔J. Baxter，通讯作者Michael J. Baxter [email protected]麦格拉斯教会生活研究所，342 Geddes Hall圣母大学，诺特丹，IN, 46556搜索作者的更多论文首次发表:2023年10月12日https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12896Read全文taboutpdf ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare给予accessShare全文accessShare全文accessShare请查看我们的使用条款和条件，并勾选下面的复选框共享文章的全文版本。我已经阅读并接受了Wiley在线图书馆使用共享链接的条款和条件，请使用下面的链接与您的朋友和同事分享本文的全文版本。学习更多的知识。复制URL共享链接共享onemailfacebooktwitterlinkedinreddit微信早期视图在线版本记录前纳入问题相关信息
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Modern TheologyEarly View Review Essay Response to My Interlocutors Thomas Pfau, Corresponding Author Thomas Pfau [email protected] English Department and Duke Divinity School, Duke University, Box 90015, Durham, NC, 27708-0015 USASearch for more papers by this author Thomas Pfau, Corresponding Author Thomas Pfau [email protected] English Department and Duke Divinity School, Duke University, Box 90015, Durham, NC, 27708-0015 USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 12 October 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12903Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation
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Modern TheologyEarly View Book Review The Difference Nothing Makes: Creation, Christ, Contemplation by Brian D. Robinette (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023), xvii +318 pp. Katherine Ellis, Corresponding Author Katherine Ellis [email protected] Department of Religion, Baylor University, 1 Bear Place #97284, Waco, TX, 76798 USASearch for more papers by this author Katherine Ellis, Corresponding Author Katherine Ellis [email protected] Department of Religion, Baylor University, 1 Bear Place #97284, Waco, TX, 76798 USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 10 October 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12898Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation
现代神学年鉴书评《无所不同:创造，基督，沉思》作者:布莱恩·d·罗比内特(圣母大学，印第安纳州)圣母大学出版社，2023年)，xvii +318页。凯瑟琳·埃利斯，通讯作者凯瑟琳·埃利斯[email protected]贝勒大学宗教系，1 Bear Place #97284, Waco, TX, 76798美国搜索本作者的更多论文，通讯作者凯瑟琳·埃利斯[email protected]贝勒大学宗教系，1 Bear Place #97284, Waco, TX, 76798美国搜索本作者的更多论文首次发表:2023年10月10日https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12898Read全文taboutpdf ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare给予accessShare全文accessShare全文accessShare请查看我们的使用条款和条件，并勾选下面的复选框共享文章的全文版本。我已经阅读并接受了Wiley在线图书馆使用共享链接的条款和条件，请使用下面的链接与您的朋友和同事分享本文的全文版本。学习更多的知识。复制URL共享链接共享onemailfacebooktwitterlinkedinreddit微信早期视图在线版本记录前纳入问题相关信息
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Modern TheologyEarly View Review Essay On Fragments and Certainty Anne M. Carpenter, Corresponding Author Anne M. Carpenter [email protected] Department of Theological Studies, Saint Louis University, 1 North Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63101 USASearch for more papers by this author Anne M. Carpenter, Corresponding Author Anne M. Carpenter [email protected] Department of Theological Studies, Saint Louis University, 1 North Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63101 USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 09 October 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12901Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation
现代神学年度观点评论文章片段和确定性安妮M.卡彭特，通讯作者安妮M.卡彭特[email protected]圣路易斯大学神学系，1 North Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63101 usa搜索更多作者的论文安妮M.卡彭特，通讯作者安妮M.卡彭特[email protected]圣路易斯大学神学系，1 North Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO，63101 usa搜索该作者的更多论文首次发表:2023年10月9日https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12901Read全文taboutpdf ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare给予accessShare全文accessShare全文accessShare全文accessShare请查看我们的使用条款和条件，并在下面的复选框中选择分享文章的全文版本。我已经阅读并接受了Wiley在线图书馆使用共享链接的条款和条件，请使用下面的链接与您的朋友和同事分享本文的全文版本。学习更多的知识。复制URL共享链接共享onemailfacebooktwitterlinkedinreddit微信早期视图在线版本记录前纳入问题相关信息
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Modern TheologyEarly View Book Review Now and Forever: A Theological Aesthetics of Time by John E. Thiel (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2023), + 214 pp. Amy Plantinga Pauw, Corresponding Author Amy Plantinga Pauw [email protected] Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, 1044 Alta Vista Road, Louisville, KY, 40205 USASearch for more papers by this author Amy Plantinga Pauw, Corresponding Author Amy Plantinga Pauw [email protected] Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, 1044 Alta Vista Road, Louisville, KY, 40205 USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 09 October 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12897Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation
现代神学年鉴书评《现在和永远:时间的神学美学》作者:约翰·e·蒂尔(巴黎圣母院，印第安纳州)圣母大学出版社，2023)，214页。Amy Plantinga Pauw，通讯作者Amy Plantinga Pauw [email protected]路易斯维尔长老会神学院，1044 Alta Vista路，路易斯维尔，肯塔基州，40205美国搜索作者的更多论文，路易斯维尔长老会神学院，1044 Alta Vista路，路易斯维尔，肯塔基州，40205美国搜索作者的更多论文首次发表:2023年10月9日https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12897Read全文taboutpdf ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare给予accessShare全文accessShare全文accessShare请查看我们的使用条款和条件，并勾选下面的复选框共享文章的全文版本。我已经阅读并接受了Wiley在线图书馆使用共享链接的条款和条件，请使用下面的链接与您的朋友和同事分享本文的全文版本。学习更多的知识。复制URL共享链接共享onemailfacebooktwitterlinkedinreddit微信早期视图在线版本记录前纳入问题相关信息
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Abstract This article argues against the “free will theodicy” for hell. It demonstrates how St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas considered this theodicy to be Pelagian and opposed to divine transcendence. It is shown that by claiming that God cannot cause the conversion of sinners without violating their freedom, the free will theodicy denies divine omnipotence, empties divine predestination of meaning, undermines the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo , and implicitly abandons key tenets of classical theism.
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Abstract This article aims to reflect on how Erich Przywara's concept of the analogical “dynamic polarity” can contribute to contemporary discussions regarding the role of language in postmodern theology. By opposing Przywara to the philosophies of the likes of John Caputo and Jacques Derrida—in particular their concept of the khôra , and the former's “weak theology” —it intends to elucidate the possibility of an approach to language which remains in keeping with the Christian theological (and thus metaphysical) tradition whilst also engaging with standard postmodern criticisms typically leveled at it. Beginning with a prefatory examination of the themes of presence, absence, and distance as they appear in Christian theology and postmodernism, it then examines how the dynamic polarity may play a conciliatory role in harmonizing the two. It then continues to employ the dynamic polarity as a basis for various forms of language, arguing that it reveals an inherently relational, dialogic, and ultimately prayerful structure of receptivity, one which constitutes and emboldens difference, enlivening it as the theatre for a fruitful analogical interplay between self and other, cataphatic and apophatic, and more.
{"title":"Linguistic Interval as Spiritual Interplay: Przywara's “Dynamic Polarity” and Christian Language","authors":"Samuel Bickersteth","doi":"10.1111/moth.12895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12895","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article aims to reflect on how Erich Przywara's concept of the analogical “dynamic polarity” can contribute to contemporary discussions regarding the role of language in postmodern theology. By opposing Przywara to the philosophies of the likes of John Caputo and Jacques Derrida—in particular their concept of the khôra , and the former's “weak theology” —it intends to elucidate the possibility of an approach to language which remains in keeping with the Christian theological (and thus metaphysical) tradition whilst also engaging with standard postmodern criticisms typically leveled at it. Beginning with a prefatory examination of the themes of presence, absence, and distance as they appear in Christian theology and postmodernism, it then examines how the dynamic polarity may play a conciliatory role in harmonizing the two. It then continues to employ the dynamic polarity as a basis for various forms of language, arguing that it reveals an inherently relational, dialogic, and ultimately prayerful structure of receptivity, one which constitutes and emboldens difference, enlivening it as the theatre for a fruitful analogical interplay between self and other, cataphatic and apophatic, and more.","PeriodicalId":18945,"journal":{"name":"Modern Theology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135015910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The debate over John Rawls's two principles of justice is ongoing. Among the many controversies, there is a hierarchal relationship within the second principle of justice. Scholars have long discussed the meaning and desirability of the lexical priority of the principle of fair equality of opportunity over the difference principle. The present article explores this topic from an unusual and underdeveloped angle. The controversy will be analyzed through the theological categories developed by the young Rawls in his work A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith . There, Rawls rejected the Pelagian heresy, according to which human beings can merit their salvation in a contractual relationship with God. Conversely, they can perform actions and deeds with implications for their eternal life by virtue of the gratuitous and undeserved intervention of God. I will show how this theological understanding became a political idea expressed precisely in the content and structure of the second principle of justice. As final remarks, I will argue that the appeal to the young Rawls's idea can be a suitable, yet unexpected, way in which the comprehensive doctrine of Christianity can support the political conception of justice expressed in Rawls's second major work, Political Liberalism.
{"title":"Augustinian Roots of Rawls's Second Principle of Justice: Grace and Fair Equality of Opportunity","authors":"Paolo Santori","doi":"10.1111/moth.12891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12891","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The debate over John Rawls's two principles of justice is ongoing. Among the many controversies, there is a hierarchal relationship within the second principle of justice. Scholars have long discussed the meaning and desirability of the lexical priority of the principle of fair equality of opportunity over the difference principle. The present article explores this topic from an unusual and underdeveloped angle. The controversy will be analyzed through the theological categories developed by the young Rawls in his work A Brief Inquiry into the Meaning of Sin and Faith . There, Rawls rejected the Pelagian heresy, according to which human beings can merit their salvation in a contractual relationship with God. Conversely, they can perform actions and deeds with implications for their eternal life by virtue of the gratuitous and undeserved intervention of God. I will show how this theological understanding became a political idea expressed precisely in the content and structure of the second principle of justice. As final remarks, I will argue that the appeal to the young Rawls's idea can be a suitable, yet unexpected, way in which the comprehensive doctrine of Christianity can support the political conception of justice expressed in Rawls's second major work, Political Liberalism.","PeriodicalId":18945,"journal":{"name":"Modern Theology","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135736440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Touch the Wounds: On Suffering, Trust & Transformation</i> by Tomáš Halík. (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2022), xvii +147 pp.","authors":"Alister McGrath","doi":"10.1111/moth.12893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12893","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18945,"journal":{"name":"Modern Theology","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136023952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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