Ausgewählte Werke
Band 3: Jesus in Geschichte und Gegenwart
By (author) Nathan Söderblom Edited by Dietz Lange
Hardback (Published)
(November 2013)
ISBN: 9783525570333
6.34 x 9.33 inches
Price: $238.00
On back order
English summary: Nathan Soderblom is generally known for his scholarly achievements as a historian of religion and as an ecumenical churchman. The present volume presents him as a theologian of equally high caliber. His view of the life and work of Jesus Christ was the center of his concept of theology. The first text, an early essay, deals with the relation between Jesus expectation of an imminent doomsday and his high esteem of natural human life. The major part of the volume is dedicated to the Story of Christ’s Passion. Several threads are artfully interwoven in it. Basically a devotional book retelling the Biblical recital, it is founded on modern critical exegesis and thorough theological reflection. It takes on the form of a medieval mystery play, but in such a way as to include the viewers as participants. References to the passion storys background in the history of religions and samples of its later interpretation in theology, literature, and the fine arts, most specifically in J. S. Bachs music, are included at every stage. The overriding idea is that in the passion of Christ, the religions of sacrifice are being overcome by God taking suffering upon himself for the sake of reconciliation with humans. German description: Soderbloms theologisches Denken stand bisher meist – zu Unrecht – im Schatten seiner Leistungen als Religionshistoriker und okumenischer Kirchenmann. In diesem Band prasentiert Dietz Lange Soderbloms Auffassung von Person und Werk Christi als Zentrum seiner Theologie. Einer seiner fruhen Aufsatze verbindet Jesu Erwartung eines nahen Weltendes mit seiner Hochschatzung des naturlichen menschlichen Lebens und wehrt damit bis heute bestehende Einseitigkeiten ab. Den Hauptteil bildet das in Schweden viel gelesene, in Deutschland dagegen vollig unbekannte Passionsbuch “Geschichte des Leidens Christi”: ein Andachtsbuch von tiefer Religiositat, das sich gleichermassen aber auch kritischer Themen annimmt. Es verschrankt auf kunstvolle Weise mehrere Ebenen miteinander: Nacherzahlung des biblischen Textes, Passionsspiel, moderne wissenschaftliche Exegese, standige Reflexion auf den Zusammenhang mit dem Leben Jesu und die Auferstehung, den religionsgeschichtlichen Hintergrund und die Wirkungsgeschichte in Theologie, Literatur und Kunst. Die zentrale These lautet: Die Passion Christi bedeutet den Umschlag von jeder Art von Opferreligion (auch innerhalb des Christentums) zu dem Glauben an Gottes eigene Hingabe zur Erlosung der Menschen. Das Buch ist ein Kunstwerk, das einen Ehrenplatz gleichermassen innerhalb der Erbauungsliteratur, der Theologie sowie der Literaturgeschichte verdient.
Dr. theol. Dietz Lange is Professor emer. for Systematic Theology at the University of Gottingen.
- By (author) Nathan Söderblom
- Edited by Dietz Lange
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