Von Gott reden – aber wie?
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article was given as a farewell lecture at Reutlingen School of Theology. Following Karl Barth’s famous question about the possibility to talk about God, it examines the way in which the Old Testament speaks about God, in the name of God, and to God. Taking up a proposal of Paul Ricoeur it distinguishes between narrative, Torah, prophecy, wisdom reflection, and psalm prayer as main forms of discourse and considers consequences for contemporary theology. Finally, it draws attention to the limits of any linguistic representation of God, which is always speech on the edge of silence.
Author: Barthel, Jörg
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7085157383
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