| Godhead and the Nothing Contributor(s): Altizer, Thomas J. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791457966 ISBN-13: 9780791457962 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: An eminent theologian argues that nothingness is necessary in order to fully actualize the Godhead. Eminent theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer breaks new ground by exploring the ultimate transfiguration of the Godhead as a question of the Nihil or nothingness and God. The Nihil is essential to the full actualization of the Godhead in that it fully occurs in both a primordial and an apocalyptic sacrifice of the Godhead. Virtually unexplored by philosophical and theological thinking, the Nihil is luminously enacted in the deepest expressions of the imagination, and most clearly and decisively so in the Christian epic tradition. Altizer looks at the works of philosophers and theologians such as Spinoza, Barth, Hegel, Nietzsche, and epic writers such as Dante, Milton, and Blake to ultimately posit a God that is necessarily a dichotomous God. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic - Religion | Philosophy - Religion | Christianity - General |
| Dewey: 230 |
| LCCN: 2002036481 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.38" W x 8.94" (0.53 lbs) 179 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: Eminent theologian Thomas J. J. Altizer breaks new ground by exploring the ultimate transfiguration of the Godhead as a question of the Nihil or nothingness and God. The Nihil is essential to the full actualization of the Godhead in that it fully occurs in both a primordial and an apocalyptic sacrifice of the Godhead. Virtually unexplored by philosophical and theological thinking, the Nihil is luminously enacted in the deepest expressions of the imagination, and most clearly and decisively so in the Christian epic tradition. Altizer looks at the works of philosophers and theologians such as Spinoza, Barth, Hegel, Nietzsche, and epic writers such as Dante, Milton, and Blake to ultimately posit a God that is necessarily a dichotomous God. |