Godhead and the Nothing

Godhead and the Nothing
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 183
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ISBN-10 : 9780791486429
ISBN-13 : 0791486427
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Book Synopsis Godhead and the Nothing by : Thomas J. J. Altizer

Download or read book Godhead and the Nothing written by Thomas J. J. Altizer and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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