Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:48:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Olivar Alves Pereira.pdf: 1411844 bytes, checksum: ad21c031f20fb94eb86a9afee2d4135c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-25 / Discusses Theology of Secularization as proposed by the Baptist theologian Harvey Gallagher Cox Jr., who emerged in the academic and literary scene in the 1960s in full uproar caused by the Radical Theology, popularly known as the Movement of the Death of God. Analyzes five major works of that author who deal directly with the secularization and its implications for Christianity both Catholic and Protestant, and this analysis highlights what Harvey Cox proposes to search for the plausibility of Christianity. Thus, it follows that not all claims that Harvey Cox did in the 1960s about religion were correct, such as those related to the decline of religiosity, however, other claims sound like "prophetic" and have occured accurately. Aditionally, in order to do justice to the thought of that theologian it should not identify him as a "theologian of the death of God", but rather as a "theologian of secularization". Finally, if Christianity, represented by the Church (Catholic and Protestant) wants to be considered relevant during these days and in the future must be engaged in the society and serve it even having to deal with the declared atheism of such society. / Aborda a Teologia da Secularização assim proposta pelo teólogo batista Harvey Gallagher Cox Junior, o qual despontou no cenário acadêmico e literário na década de 1960 em pleno alvoroço causado pela Teologia Radical, popularmente conhecida como o Movimento da Morte de Deus. Analisa as cinco principais obras do referido autor que tratam diretamente da secularização e suas implicações para o Cristianismo tanto o católico como o protestante, e nessa análise destaca-se o que Harvey Cox propõe para a busca da plausibilidade para o Cristianismo. Conclui-se que nem todas as afirmações que Harvey Cox fez na década de 1960 sobre a religião estavam corretas, tais como as que se referiam ao declínio da religiosidade; contudo, outras afirmações deles soam como proféticas e se cumpriram com exatidão. Também que para se fazer justiça ao pensamento desse teólogo não se deve identificá-lo como um teólogo da morte de Deus , mas, sim, como um teólogo da secularização . E por fim, o Cristianismo representado pela Igreja (católica e protestante) se quiser encontrar-se relevante para esses dias e no futuro deverá se engajar na sociedade e servi-la mesmo tendo que lidar com o ateísmo declarado dessa sociedade.

This dissertation deals with Dostoevsky's influence on Death of God theology. This is a comparative study that clarifies this influence against the background of how Dostoevsky's work was read and interpreted by some representatives of Dialectical theology. This study follows those themes of Dostoevsky's work which both theologies focus on and analyzes how they are interpreted within each theology. Both receptions of Dostoevsky are then compared not only against one another, but also against the original context of Dostoevsky's work. KEY WORDS: Dostoevsky, death of God, Death of God theology, Radical theology, Dialectical theology, Neo-orthodoxy, Altizer, Barth, Thurneysen, Hromádka