Thomas J. J. Altizer (1927–2018)
Forfatter af Radical theology and the death of God
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Thomas Jonathan Jackson Altizer was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 28, 1927. During World War II, he enlisted in the Army, where he worked on radios for bombers. He received a bachelor's degree in 1948, a master's degree in theology in 1951, and a Ph.D. in history of religions in 1955 from vis mere the University of Chicago. He wanted to become an Episcopal priest but failed a psychiatric evaluation. He taught at Wabash College, Emory University, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. As a theologian, he believed in the God is dead movement. He wrote around 20 books including Radical Theology and the Death of God written with William Hamilton, The Gospel of Christian Atheism, and Living the Death of God. He died from complications of a stroke on November 28, 2018 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Thomas J. J. Altizer
The descent into hell;: A study of the radical reversal of the Christian consciousness (1970) 13 eksemplarer
The Genesis of God: A Theological Genealogy 2 eksemplarer
Nirvana and the Kingdom of God 1 eksemplar
Gospel of Christian Atheism 1 eksemplar
Mircea eliade y la dialéctica de lo sagrado 1 eksemplar
Mircea Eliade and the dialectic of the sacred 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Winter 1989, Vol. LVII, No. 4 (1989) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Theological Reflection and the Pursuit of Ideals: Theology, Human Flourishing and Freedom (2013) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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- Altizer, Thomas Jonathan Jackson
- Fødselsdato
- 1927-05-28
- Dødsdag
- 2018-10-28
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Charleston, West Virginia, USA
- Dødssted
- Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Bopæl
- Port Jefferson, New York, USA
Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, USA
Charleston, West Virginia, USA - Uddannelse
- University of Chicago (BA, MA - Theology, PhD - History of Religions)
St. John's College, Annapolis
Stonewall Jackson High School - Erhverv
- theologian
- Organisationer
- Wabash College
Emory University
State University of New York, Stony Brook
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The concept of the book was rather interesting to me. The notion of 'Christian Atheism' is not new (or a necessary contradiction) to me and I appreciate any and all rational use of Nietzsche's 'death of God.' What didn't interest me is the method. Whereas dialectics have been used in the past to better understand (Christian) theology; here's it's more as if Christianity is used as a tool to understand dialectic theology. The problem is to do so they must effectively whittle down the corpus of Christianity into the smallest units of division (a task many Protestant theologians have been at for decades--how to make the Bible an equation.)
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The concept of the book was rather interesting to me. The notion of 'Christian Atheism' is not new (or a necessary contradiction) to me and I appreciate any and all rational use of Nietzsche's 'death of God.' What didn't interest me is the method. Whereas dialectics have been used in the past to better understand (Christian) theology; here's it's more as if Christianity is used as a tool to understand dialectic theology. The problem is to do so they must effectively whittle down the corpus of Christianity into the smallest units of division (a task many Protestant theologians have been at for decades--how to make the Bible an equation.)
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