From: George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Date: Sat May 24 2003 - 12:36:05 EDT
RFaussette@aol.com wrote:
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> I don't think you're going to get a lot of theologians stating their views
> plainly about the resurrection.
This is an overstatement. For the views of some modern theologians on the
resurrection one might look at a book I've referred to here before, O'Collins' _Jesus
Risen_. He has a discussion of the views of 8 20th century theologians (5 Protestant &
3 RC).
> I see a trend to gnosticism, away from the death
> tradition (entering the kingdom after death) as Crossan calls it and toward
> the life tradition (entering the kingdom while alive). Since ontological
> anxiety must go away at death, I've always felt that Tillich must be talking about
> the courage to be while alive - the life tradition.
Of course one problem with the so-called "life tradition" is that it doesn't do
you much good when you're dead. & the whole problem of the vindication of righteous
sufferers, which prompts some of the OT thought about life after death, remains a
problem.
Tillich does reject the idea of physical resurrection, but is quite clear that
new life can come only out of death - cf. his sermon "Born in the Grave" in _The Shaking
of the Foundations_. (BTW, Tillich tends to be a lot clearer, & often more interesting
theologically, in his sermons than in his other writings. & in the last analysis
theology is for preaching.)
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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