The Death of God as a Turn to Radical Theology: Then and Now

This article begins with a short reconstruction of the long-forgotten Death of God movement and its development of the concept of a Radical Theology during the 1960s in the United States of America and in Western Germany (The “Death of God” as a Signature of Secular Culture). In my view, protestant...

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Published in:	Religions
Main Author:	Philipp David
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2024-07-01
Subjects:	secular society death of God-theology Nietzsche Theology after Auschwitz religious fundamentalism wisdom literature
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/8/918

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