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Minority Report: Reconsidering Jürgen Moltmann's Turn to a Theology of the Cross
Author(s) -
NEAL RYAN
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of systematic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1468-2400
pISSN - 1463-1652
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2400.2011.00568.x
Subject(s) - judgement , dialectic , argument (complex analysis) , philosophy , theology , epistemology , set (abstract data type) , turn (biochemistry) , computer science , medicine , physics , programming language , nuclear magnetic resonance
According to virtually any set of criteria, Jürgen Moltmann's first two programmatic books, Theology of Hope and The Crucified God , are strikingly different. The differences are due to his turn to a theology of the cross in the intervening years. Yet Moltmann, with the vast majority of scholars concurring, argues that the two works form a continuous argument. This article investigates the problems with the consensus judgement and calls for a revision of the relationship between the two works, based on the nature of the cross–resurrection dialectic inherent to his programme and also on both the necessity and timing of the turn.