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The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology
"This is Jürgen Moltmann's best and therefore most important book. He has substantially changed the central thrust of his theology without sacrificing its most vital element, its passionate concern for alleviation of the world's suffering."
-Langdon Gilkey
"The Crucified God rewards, as it demands, the reader's patient and open-minded attention, for its theme is nothing othe...more
-Langdon Gilkey
"The Crucified God rewards, as it demands, the reader's patient and open-minded attention, for its theme is nothing othe...more
Paperback, 364 pages
Published
September 1st 1993
by Augsburg Fortress Publishing
(first published November 30th 1973)
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Moltmann has an incredible perspective on Theology and Christology, and as a post-war theologian, he really understands the obstructions and troubles that WWII brought to traditional theology, and his answers to some of the questions that these events pose is really quite stunning.
One of the the things that struck me about this book is Moltmann's redefinition of love. He shifts his perspective from thinking about love as a divinely-given ideal of happiness and joy to a more realistic understandi...more
One of the the things that struck me about this book is Moltmann's redefinition of love. He shifts his perspective from thinking about love as a divinely-given ideal of happiness and joy to a more realistic understandi...more
To the extent that I can understand him, Jurgen Moltmann's Crucified God tops the list of explorations of Christian Theology.
Developing on themes that he introduced in Theology of Hope , Moltmann now turns his attention to the crucifixion of Jesus and its theological, psychological, and political implications. Moltmann is not content to do theology for theology's sake. He sees in theology a complex matrix that helps not only the church, but the entire world.
Positively, the aspect of Moltmann'...more
Developing on themes that he introduced in Theology of Hope , Moltmann now turns his attention to the crucifixion of Jesus and its theological, psychological, and political implications. Moltmann is not content to do theology for theology's sake. He sees in theology a complex matrix that helps not only the church, but the entire world.
Positively, the aspect of Moltmann'...more
'The Crucified God' is Moltmann's masterpiece, despite the fact that he has written many more since then. This is the work that he will be remembered for, the work in which he puts all his cards on the table. Many times I like the cards. He is obviously a passionate theologian engaging a real problem, namely, how to make Christian theology and the Christian God relevant in a world that produces Auschwitz. It is as applicable today as when it was written. Many cards I do not like, however. He att...more
Sickness in the household has given me the time to complete Moltmann's masterwork. This is a stunning theological achievement. While dense it is eloquent and passionate and engaging.
It was a more thoroughly comprehensive and systematic work than I expected -- the penultimate chapter on Freud and the final chapter on how the church should be engaged politically.
I found myself agreeing throughout, rather than being persuaded, as this is one of those books that was so influential that it re-shaped...more
It was a more thoroughly comprehensive and systematic work than I expected -- the penultimate chapter on Freud and the final chapter on how the church should be engaged politically.
I found myself agreeing throughout, rather than being persuaded, as this is one of those books that was so influential that it re-shaped...more
A follow up to his _Theology of Hope_ which I have not read. I read this at the behest of an Augustinian Monk who I was mentored by at my time at CTS. I found the book to be quite stimulating... refreshing... but also troubling in a lot of ways. Defining the Trinity, in the context of the Second Person of the Trinity suffering and "dying", is a very provocative endeavor. I like his emphasis on freedom - but I didn't care for the practical outworking of how that looked, socially, economically, po...more
"'Change yourself,' some say, 'and then your circumstances will also change.' The kingdom of God and of freedom is supposed to have to do only with persons. Unfortunately the circumstances will not oblige [...] 'Change the circumstances,' others say, 'and men will change with them.' The kingdom of God and of freedom is supposed to be a matter only of circumstances and structures. Unfortunately, however, men will not oblige."
Moltmann leaves the world with a gapping God-deep wound with nothing beyond the world to fill it. This book is both Lutheran and Hegelian in its methodology--iconoclasm seeking a historical telos. It also (despite all my reservations) is a fascinating exploration of the meaning of the Crucified Christ. Worth the read?.. yes. A tenable foundation for Christian theology?..who the hell knows.
Changed me. Love his books and his story. I read this book for a Soteriology course. Maybe the group discussion helped. As my professor said, just read the 6th chapter and save yourself some time. Don't hate on me if it was the 5th chapter!
Moltmann is absolutely brilliant when it comes to eschatology, but a little off in his understanding of covenant and Torah, which makes sense considering that he completed his best work in an earlier era of Pauline studies.
A really complex book with interesting ideas. It's the kind of thing I read routinely when I was in my master's in theology program, and I found myself wishing I were in a class in which I could get guidance from someone more knowledgeable than I am. Moltmann responds to and builds on a lot of ideas that I would know nothing about were it not for my previous theology studies, and even with that background, some of this book went over my head. Because of that, I'm not sure how useful this book wo...more
Amazing, simply amazing. This may go down as one of my all-time favorite books. I highly recommend this for pastors, teachers and anyone interested in theology. Moltmann demonstrates the absolute centrality of the cross of Christ and its meaning for Christian faith. Importantly, he does this with a robust doctrine of the Trinity; on the cross the Son experienced Fatherlessness (in the cry "my God, why have you forsaken me") and the Father experienced Sonlessness. Yet through this break in the re...more
The second in Moltmann's trilogy, spanning forty-five years: commencing with "Theology of Hope" and ending with the recently-published "Ethics of Hope".
This book is one of the reasons I'm still a Christian. At a time when I was heading towards protest atheism, refusing to believe in a god in the face of the world's suffering, Moltmann gave me a theodicy I could accept. A wonderful book!
A powerful book in which hope confronts the depths of suffering and comes through to affirm faithful living.
I don't know if it's because some of the writers cited and expounded upon by Moltmann (particularly fellow Germans) I am unfamiliar with or it is due to translation issues or just the dense theological constructs, but a good bit of Moltmann's writing goes over my head. But plentiful are passages (and entire chapters) where I am gripped with goosebumps over the profound Christological implications and inferences that illuminate so brightly. Just like *Theology of Hope*, I so wish to reread but al...more
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That's wonderful news to mankind knowing that the cross is our only hope.
Life Changing.
This book had the most impact on me, personally and theologically, of all the books I read in my courses in grad school. I'm reading it again to know it better. Incisive and eloquent.
This book is a very dense read and can take a while to get through. That being said, there is some great stuff in it that is probably worth reading. It took me reading it with the question "what does this book say about humanities relationship with Christ and vice versa" to get the most out of reading it.
The single best understanding of the crucifixion -- in my opinion.
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Jürgen Moltmann is a German Reformed theologian. He is the 2000 recipient of the Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
Moltmann's Theology of Hope is a theological perspective with an eschatological foundation and focuses on the hope that the resurrection brings. Through faith we are bound to Christ, and as such have the hope of the resurrected Christ ("Praise be to the God and Father of our Lor...more
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Moltmann's Theology of Hope is a theological perspective with an eschatological foundation and focuses on the hope that the resurrection brings. Through faith we are bound to Christ, and as such have the hope of the resurrected Christ ("Praise be to the God and Father of our Lor...more
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“When God becomes man in Jesus of Nazareth, he not only enters into the finitude of man, but in his death on the cross also enters into the situation of man's godforsakenness. In Jesus he does not die the natural death of a finite being, but the violent death of the criminal on the cross, the death of complete abandonment by God. The suffering in the passion of Jesus is abandonment, rejection by God, his Father. God does not become a religion, so that man participates in him by corresponding religious thoughts and feelings. God does not become a law, so that man participates in him through obedience to a law. God does not become an ideal, so that man achieves community with him through constant striving. He humbles himself and takes upon himself the eternal death of the godless and the godforsaken, so that all the godless and the godforsaken can experience communion with him.”
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“The knowledge of the cross brings a conflict of interest between God who has become man and man who wishes to become God.”
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