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God as Sacrificial Love: A Systematic Exploration of a Controversial Notion

By Asle Eikrem

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Year
2017
ISBN
9780567678645, 9780567678676, 9780567678652
Language
english
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PDF
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2 MB (2549914 bytes)
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\316
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2023-05-22 10:01:36

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Throughout the Christian tradition the notion of sacrificial love has been thought to bring us closest not only to the historic actions of God in Jesus, but to the very heart of God. It has also been put forward as integral to most Christian visions of sound moral living In dialogue with a range of post-enlightenment critiques of Christian theologies of sacrificial love, Asle Eikrem presents a novel and controversial systematic approach this multi-layered and complex theological problem. From Hegel to prominent 20th century theologians, from feminist theologies to post-modern philosophers, this volume engages in a critical conversation with a host of different voices, the result of which is a unique and controversial appraisal of the significance the life and death of Jesus holds for the world today Eikrem concludes by suggesting an original approach to this issue, where the possibility and the limits of sacrifice are both determined in the way the human being is constituted as a finite being, namely through the recognition of the other as the source and limit of oneself. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Theologies of Sacrifice – A Historical Overview 2.1 Theologies of Sacrifice in Early Christian Literature 2.2 Theologies of Sacrifice in the Middle Ages 2.3 Theologies of Sacrifice in the Modern Era Chapter 3. Modern Critiques, Recent Developments and Prevailing Challenges 3.1 Recent Responses and New Developments 3.2 The Challenges Theologies of Sacrifice Face Today Chapter 4. Sacrificial Love and the Problem of Sacred Violence 4.1 What is Violence? 4.2 Sacred Bloodshed – Th e Problem Explicated 4.3 The ‘T ü binger Antithese’ – A Partially Failed Counter-critique Chapter 5. God and Sacred Bloodshed 5.1 Sacred Bloodshed and Self-sacrifi ce – Some Conceptual Clarifications 5.2 The Incarnation as Compassionate Self-limitation 5.3 The Murder of Jesus as Absolute Victimization 5.4 Offering Forgiveness: From Relative Victimization to Self-limitation Chapter 6. God, Death and the Trinitarian Logic of Self-giving 6.1 The Death of Christ as Self-giving 6.2 Resurrected Victim – A Meaningless Arabesque? 6.3 A Trinitarian Theology of Self-giving Love 6.4 Self-giving Love as Vicarious Atonement Chapter 7. God and Sacred Exclusion/Inclusion 7.1 Scapegoating as Sacred Exclusion 7.2 Sacrificial Love and the (Im-)possibility of Unrestricted Hospitality 7.3 The Christian Meal – An Expression of Sacrificial Love? Chapter 8. Theodicy – The Radical Nature of the Problem of Violence Chapter 9. The Love Through Which God Truly Loves Humanity – A Preliminary Chapter 10. The Love Through Which Humanity Truly Loves God 10.1 Sin as Self-assertion or Self-sacrifce – A Critical Rethinking 10.2 Is Christian Faith an Immoral Self-sacrifice? 10.3 Sacrifice of Praise as Self-limitation and Self-giving Chapter 11. Self-sacrificial Love as the Love Through Which We Sometimes Truly Love One Another 11.1 Self-sacrificial Love as ‘The Greatest Commandment’ 11.2 Self-sacrificial Love Between Self-destruction and Self-fulfilment Chapter 12. The Monotony of Sacrifice – No End in View? References Index

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