Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: How can theology maintain credibility when belief in God is optional? This article argues that atheism functions as the existential ground for credible theological grammar in post-Christendom contexts. Examining Tomáš Halík’s recuperation of atheism as ‘impatience with God’ and Emmanuel Falque’s phenomenological treatment of ‘seeing nothing’ as the fundamental human condition, I propose that experiential atheism constitutes theology’s methodological imperative. Grounded in incarnational logic, credible theology must begin with shared finitude rather than transcendent certainties.
Source: Irish Theological Quarterly
Author: Martin Koci
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7204271757
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