The True Human Being
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The True Human Being

The Figure of Jesus in K.E. Løgstrup's Thought

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The True Human Being

The Figure of Jesus in K.E. Løgstrup's Thought

About this book

The aim of Odgaard Møller's book is threefold: The first main section seeks to clarify how and why Jesus is presented in the pre-1968 writings of the Danish theologian and philosopher K.E. Løgstrup (1905–1981). Throughout his work, Løgstrup's main focus has been a rehabilitation of the insight that life is something definite, because it is created. Here, Jesus primarily plays a methodological/strategic role as the one confirming and giving witness to Løgstrup's interpretation of created life in a given time of his authorship. When faith in creation is formulated polemically against another interpretation of life, Jesus serves as Løgstrup's ally in this discussion. In the second main section, this examination is extrapolated to include a discussion with Bultmann and two of his students in order to clarify the character of his Christology, not least whether – or in what way – this can be characterised as "implicit Christology". Finally, in the light of Ricoeur's hermeneutic philosophy of religion, the third main section considers the systematic-theological validity of this picture of Jesus. The overall conclusion can be summed up in this way: The main line in Løgstrup's work goes from created life to the human being Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus incarnates created life; therefore he is the true human being. This close connection between (created) Life and (true) Human Being is the kernel in Løgstrup's thought. This makes his perception of Jesus and his Christology distinctive, original and specifically Løgstrupian.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Body
  5. Preface
  6. 1 Introduction
  7. Main Part One: Løgstrup's understanding of Jesus
  8. 2 Prædikenen og dens tekst
  9. 3 Løgstrup's dissertation
  10. 4 Løgstrup's sermons and church publications 1936–1943
  11. 5 Bultmann's Jesus: one of the inspirational sources for Løgstrup?
  12. 6 Grønbech's Jesus, the Son of Man
  13. 7 The Ethical Demand
  14. 8 Controverting Kierkegaard
  15. 9 Conclusion for Main Part One: Løgstrup's understanding of Jesus
  16. Main Part Two: Løgstrup's Christology
  17. 10 Løgstrup, Neue Frage and implicit Christology
  18. 11 The discussion between Bultmann and his students. Neue Frage.
  19. 12 Løgstrup's Christology
  20. Main Part Three: Criticism, evaluation and discussion
  21. 13 Criticism in light of Ricoeur's hermeneutic philosophy of religion
  22. 14 Evaluation of Løgstrup's image of Jesus
  23. 15 Conclusion
  24. References
  25. Index