This too a History of Revelation: The Doctrine of Inspiration as the Challenge of Contemporary Theology Cover Image

Auch eine Geschichte der Offenbarung: Die Inspirationslehre als Herausforderung gegenwärtiger Theologie
This too a History of Revelation: The Doctrine of Inspiration as the Challenge of Contemporary Theology

Author(s): René Dausner
Subject(s): Philosophical Traditions, Theology and Religion, Phenomenology
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: Inspiration; Theology; Revelation; Word of God; Holy Scriptures; Judaism; Islam; Christianity; Phenomenology; Rationality; Second Vatican Council; Dei Verbum

Summary/Abstract: The article is an approach to a temporary understanding of inspiration as a theological key concept. Starting with the difficulties of a theology of inspiration, the contribution follows three main questions: 1. How can the Holy Scriptures be understood as an inspired document of revelation? 2. How can the conviction of faith in the inspired Word of God be plausibly expressed? And finally, 3. How can the doctrine of inspiration be understood in the horizon of revelation? The contribution traces back to the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) and suggests, according to phenomenological thinking, inspiration as a challenging hyperphenonemon that inspires a new way of thinking the word of God.

  • Issue Year: 13/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 77-89
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: German