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God, the Future, and the Fundamentum of History in Wolfhart Pannenberg
Author(s) -
Blanco Carlos
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the heythrop journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1468-2265
pISSN - 0018-1196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2265.2012.00761.x
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , criticism , epistemology , order (exchange) , reflection (computer programming) , philosophy , foundation (evidence) , theology , sociology , law , computer science , political science , finance , economics , programming language
The aim of this article is to examine the relationship between W olfhart P annenberg's idea of G od and his conception of history, with the intention of determining the precise nature of the link that, in his view, connects both philosophical and the theological reflection on the meaning of history. We shall first analyze P annenberg's response to the traditional criticism of C hristianity as an anthropomorphic projection of the human being. Then we shall pay attention to the features of any possible fundamentum of history. We will show that, according to P annenberg, a transition from a philosophical into a theological consideration of history is needed in order to provide a rationally acceptable foundation for both the unity and the meaning of universal history.