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Law‐Gospel theologies of a state of exception
Author(s) -
Carr Amy,
Helmer Christine
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/dial.12641
Subject(s) - gospel , dialectic , relation (database) , state (computer science) , philosophy , theology , state of exception , sociology , law , political science , politics , computer science , algorithm , database
We address contemporary concerns with fascism by critically assessing the classic law/gospel relation in Lutheran theology. Karl Holl, founder of the Luther Renaissance in the early twentieth century, develops Luther's experience of the self under the divine wrath in terms that have affinity to what Carl Schmitt calls the “state of exception.” We examine similar non‐dialectical ways of relating law/gospel that nourish fascist tendencies on the right or left in North America.