Remythologizing Theology: Divine Action, Passion, and Authorship
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An original contribution to the theology of divine action and authorship that develops a new vision of Christian theism.
Preface xiiIntroduction: What is remythologizing? 1A perennial problem: myth, mythos, and metaphysics 3A modern solution: demythologizing 13"Soft" vs. "hard" demythologizing: Feuerbachian slips 17An alternative approach: remythologizing 23The argument: a brief summary 30Part I "God" in Scripture and theology 331 Biblical representation (Vorstellung): divine communicative action and passion 35A gallery of canonical exhibits 36A miscellany of theological issues 572 Theological conceptualization (Begriff): varieties of theism and panentheism 81On the very idea of a "classical" theism 82The critique of ontotheology: why are they saying such awful things about perfect being? 93The recovery of Trinitarian theology 105The relational turn 112The panentheist gambit: children of a greater God 1243 The new kenotic-perichoretic relational ontotheology: some "classical" concerns 139Persons and/as relations 140Perichoresis and/as relationality 149Passion and/as relatedness 162Passing over/out of Egypt: remythologizing the God-world relation 174Part II Communicative theism and the triune God 1794 God's being is in communicating 181The being of God: a who or what question? 183Thinking biblically; interpreting theologically 187The analogy of being-in-act: towards a post-Barthian Thomism 198Being-in-communicative-act: elements of a theodramatic metaphysic 2225 God in three persons: the one who lights and lives in love 241Father, Son, and Spirit: communicative agents in immanent relation 244What God communicates: triune "ways" into the far country 259A "simple" schema: shapes of triune communicative action 271Communicating triune life: remythologizing "participation in God" 279Part III God and World: authorial action and interaction 2956 Divine author and human hero in dialogical relation 297Theistic authorship: unpacking the analogy 302Authoring humanity: the God-world relation as divine dialogue 3167 Divine communicative sovereignty and human freedom: the hero talks back 338His dark materials: does God author evil? 338Exploring the powers: the poetics of biblical discourse 346God's authorial Word enters in 356Triune dialogics: prayer and providence 3668 Impassible passion? Suffering, emotions, and the crucified God 387Does God suffer? A theological litmus test 388Motions and emotions: can humans move God? 398The "voice" of the crucified God: active or passive? 4169 Impassible compassion? From divine pathos to divine patience 434Divine pathos: suffering love 436Divine promise: lordly love 441Divine patience: enduring love 448Conclusion: Always remythologizing? Answering to the Holy Author in our midst 469Mythos revisited: between mystery and metaphysics 471Biblical reasoning: the formal principle of divine communicative action 475Triune authorship: the material principle of divine communicative action 486Select bibliography 505Index of subjects 523Index of scriptural reference 533
