"Seine Liebe zum Leben war vehement und jedem Zweife1 entzogen. Aber in dies von ihm geliebte Leben war der Tod eingeschlossen, der ihm, nach Hofmannsthals Wort, 'ein großer Gott der Seele' gewesen ist und den fruchtbaren, ja den verjüngenden Mächten der Erdtiefe verwandt" (MG 115 - Werner Bergengruen zum Tode von Bruno Goetz). Werner Bergengruen starb am 4. September 1964 - vierzehn Tage vor seinem zweiundsiebzigsten Geburtstag. Er hinterließ ein fast unübersehbar reiches Vferk, das von den ersten se1bstandig publizierten Werken des Jahres 1923 - zwei Bänden Erzählungen und einem Roman - bis in die Gegenwart reicht. [...]

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In this dissertation it is contended that central to Reinhold Niebuhr's theology and ethics is his understanding of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a revelation of the suffering of God. Keeping in mind the theologia crucis of Martin Luther, Part I examines the significance of the Christian symbol of the cross during Niebuhr's formative years and as he later sought to relate the moral and ethical insights of the Christian faith to the more tragic social and political events of his age. / Part II begins with a systematic appraisal of Niebuhr's theology of the cross in reference to his understanding of Christian anthropology, theology proper, the atonement, history and eschatology. The theological similarities of Niebuhr's thought to the theologia crucis of Luther are made explicit. A delineation is then made of Niebuhr's social ethic of the cross. It is an ethic which seeks to underscore the true but limited relevance of the norm of sacrificial love to issues of relative justice. This ethic is then contrasted to the ethica crucis of Luther. / The dissertation concludes with an examination of the current debate regarding Niebuhr's ultimate political position. It is suggested that an understanding of Niebuhr's theology and ethic of the cross is essential to any thorough appreciation of the major shifts which occurred within his political thought.

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The purpose of this thesis is to examine the nature and role of the relation which exists between the revelation of God to man, and ethics. Within Protestant Christianity two major schools of thought are involved in active debate over the issue. We have selected Reinhold Niebuhr of the neo-orthodox wing and Carl F. H. Henry as the evangelical spokesman, in view of comparing their concepts of revelation to their ethics. / We proceed by asking whether the ethical systems of both Niebuhr and Henry are dependent, interdependent, or independent in relation to revelation. We find the answer by observing the parallel movement of differences in the form and content of revelation with the differences in the form and content of their ethics. We discover dependence. / Furthermore, we consider the ways in which the revealed content is related to ethics. Thus we measure the relevance of revelation to ethics and discover again the same relatedness and dependence.

Zugl.: Berlin, Freie Univ., Diss., 2007

Zugl.: Berlin, Freie Universiẗat, Diss., 2007.

Inaug.-Diss.: Philosophische Fakultät: Göttingen. _ Résumé en anglais. _ Bibliogr. p. 277-282.

This dissertation examines the function of shame within Christian texts and practice through the lens of affect theory and trauma studies. A focus on the deleterious effects of interred shame and shame’s role in attachment presses theology to name corporeal shame, understand it as distinguished from guilt, and recognize how it relates to attachment and human bonding. Distinguishing shame from guilt provides conceptual markers of shame, shifting the focus away from the image of the lonely, guilty sinner and toward a self both attached to others and to God. An analysis of classic theological texts along with an exploration of touch in Christian practice discloses that shame must be disinterred and faced in order to repair its negative effects and to restore its natural function in attachment. An analysis of Augustine’s The City of God reveals shame’s emergence in Augustine’s theology embodied by the notion of “covering-up,” which impedes attachment to God. In The Nature and Destiny of Man, Reinhold Niebuhr’s notions of sensuality and pride reflect shame, yet Niebuhr subsumes shame under other terms. Examining the place of shame in these major works and displaying the continual covering-over of shame in these theologian’s descriptions of the human condition exposes shame’s toxicity but also unveils shame as indicative of attachment. Augustine’s notion that the forehead serves as the seat of shame parallels affect theory’s location of affective emergence on the face and corporeally situates shame on the forehead. The final chapter displays what it would mean to take seriously the implications of affect in theological anthropology and practical theology. Both affect theory and trauma studies underscore the somatic and textual interactions that create a shamed self. This dissertation turns to the liturgical enactment of Christian practices, highlighting the importance of touch in both harm and repair. Exploring the moment of touch in the imposition of ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday develops touch as an affective encounter with shame. This interdisciplinary study of shame broadens insights about how Christian theologians interpret the human condition, as disinterred shame directs the self towards its greatest attachments: connection to others and to God.

La teoría benjaminiana de la historia acomete contra la separación entre historiografía e historicidad. El sitio que la experiencia ocupa en su pensamiento es central: permite articular una conciencia de la historia que es simultáneamente conocimiento del pasado y decisión política en el tiempo presente, abracando tanto aspectos personales del sujeto como temas y demandas culturales, sociales y políticas. Así la historia rebasa el texto narrativo, alejándose epistémicamente de sus márgenesdisciplinares convencionales, a un tiempo que obedece a una determinada subjetividad, principio activo tanto para la labor del historiador como para la acción del agente político.