Das kritische Erbe der theologia crucis in der Versöhnungslehre angesichts feministischer Kritik und black theology. Heinrich Assels Elementare Christologie 1

Christine Svinth-Værge Põder

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This contribution explores the critical legacy of the theologia crucis in a discussion of Heinrich Assel’s Elementare Christologie, with special regard to the doctrine of atonement. It takes its point of departure from the opening question of Assel’s Christology: where should Christology begin? - and elaborates the facets of the orientating hermeneutical approach, with its starting point in concrete experiences and religious and social practices using the name Jesus Christ as a point of orientation. In addition, this contribution explores the affinities of this approach to approaches of contextual theologies, employing the theologia crucis as a focal point of critical hermeneutics with contemporary, practical, experiential pertinence. From this angle, Assel’s attentiveness towards contingency and social and religious imaginaries become significant for a theological interpretation of atonement and substitution in the face of contemporary challenges.

Das kritische Erbe der theologia crucis in der Versöhnungslehre angesichts feministischer Kritik und black theology. Heinrich Assels Elementare Christologie 1

From the book Christology Revised

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