The Suffering of God According to Martin Luther's 'Theologia Crucis': Foreword by Jürgen Moltmann (American University Studies) - Hardcover

Ngien, Dennis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820425826 ISBN 13: 9780820425825

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 1995

Synopsis

This book seeks to demonstrate that the suffering of God has an «ontological status» in Luther's Theologia Crucis. The discussion concentrates on three constituents of Luther's theology - Christology, soteriology, and Trinity - to see how each of them establishes the assertion that God suffers. Does God suffer within himself or does God suffer only in the humanity of Jesus Christ or does only the God-Man Jesus Christ suffer? Dennis Ngien places Luther within the context of the medieval Church, the early Church's discussion of the suffering of God and the modern discussions of the essential Apathy. Luther accepts the Old Church's Theopaschitism, but he rejects Patripassianism, a heresy of the Old Church. This study breaks new ground by taking Luther a step further, arguing that only a trinitarian theology of the cross is genuine Christian theology, and that the suffering of Christ touches the immanent Trinity as well as the economic Trinity. Ngien also engages in useful discussions with other scholars including Paul Althaus, Walter von Loewenich, Ian Siggins, Marc Lienhard, Eberhard Jüngel, Jürgen Moltmann, and Alister McGrath.

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From the Publisher:

"Dr. Ngien has done a good job of sorting out Luther’s numerous statements about the suffering of God and finding consistency in them. He engages in a useful discussion with other Lutheran commentators. He presents a concise and competent survey of the early church’s discussion of the suffering of God and also attends to Luther’s reception of and reaction to late medieval thought." David E. Demson University of Toronto

About the Author:

The Author: Dennis Ngien received his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from the University of St. Michael's College through the Toronto School of Theology, a consortium in the University of Toronto. He is a worldwide preacher and lecturer and his speaking engagements take him to continents as far as the Soviet Commonwealth, Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. Dr. Ngien's present research interests include the Hermeneutic of Suffering in World Religions and Luther's eschatology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0820425826
• ISBN 13: 9780820425825
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 290