02878nam 2200661Ia 450 991096884310332120200520144314.0978079148642907914864279781417506897141750689X10.1515/9780791486429(CKB)111090529121966(OCoLC)61367751(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594912(SSID)ssj0000164156(PQKBManifestationID)11153908(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164156(PQKBWorkID)10117811(PQKB)10813937(MdBmJHUP)muse6043(Au-PeEL)EBL3408571(CaPaEBR)ebr10594912(OCoLC)55136281(DE-B1597)683771(DE-B1597)9780791486429(MiAaPQ)EBC3408571(Perlego)2671999(EXLCZ)9911109052912196620020925d2003 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGodhead and the nothing /Thomas J.J. AltizerAlbany State University of New York Pressc20031 online resource (180 p.) Includes index.9780791457962 0791457966 9780791457955 0791457958 Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- The Name of God -- Primordial Sacrifice -- Primordial Evil -- Evil and Nothingness -- Evil and the Godhead -- The Genesis of Evil -- The Transfiguration of Evil -- The Self-Saving of God -- The Absolute Abyss -- The Body of Abyss -- IndexEminent 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.Death of God theologyNihilismReligious aspectsChristianityDeath of God theology.NihilismReligious aspectsChristianity.230Altizer Thomas J. J1812385MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968843103321Godhead and the nothing4368017UNINA