Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 685 pages)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780191836626
Series Statement:
Oxford handbooks online
Content:
Following some of our eminent predecessors of recent decades, this volume takes a multidisciplinary approach to the notion of divine revelation to examine what it can mean in our time. Thus the book is divided into parts, reflecting how a proper understanding of God's revelation can be reached systemically, with each part offering an avenue by which to comprehend divine disclosure. The philosophical explorations of revelation show the importance of philosophical reflection on revelation today and over time.
Content:
"In this volume we have followed our important predecessors that produced overviews of the notion of divine revelation during the past decades. We have chosen the multidisciplinary way as an attempt to explain what divine revelation can mean in our time. The underlying idea is that the proper understanding of God's revelation can be given in the systemic way. The main parts of this work-the biblical, theological, philosophical, historical, scientific and cultural approaches-offer possibilities to perceive, conceive and assess divine disclosure. There are chapters dealing with the Biblical background of revelation; there are others that explain the delicate relationship between the Christian understanding of the fulfillment of revelation in Christ and the original revelation given to Moses, Abraham, and to the created whole in the act of creation. Other chapters explore the theological aspects of revelation beginning with the Trinitarian problematic to the realm of charismatic forms of revelation, including the Marian apparitions as unique examples of the reality of revelation in our days. The philosophical explorations of the problem of revelation show the importance of philosophical reflections on revelation today or on a historical scale. A radical understanding of revelation is the ultimate horizon of the reality of divine revelation, a horizon which connects philosophical, theological, Biblical and comparative approaches. Revelation-related forms in Hinduism, Buddhism, the Chinese tradition or African religions contribute to the better understanding of the important role of divine revelation in connecting cultures and religions around the globe. The notion of revelation in Judaism and Islam has the paramount role in any comparative understanding, which needs to be extended to the importance of our conceptions of revelation in view of European history, especially the Holocaust. This event appears a watershed in our contemporary reflections on revelation, because it triggered radical rethinking, reassessment and revaluation of traditional theological and philosophical conceptions"--
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 4, 2021)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780198795353
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Oxford handbook of divine revelation Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021 ISBN 9780198795353
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0198795351
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Offenbarung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198795353.001.0001
URL:
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Author information:
Oakes, Kenneth
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