عنوان

Alzheimer's and the Dementia of God

شماره

LA113096

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Alzheimer's and the Dementia of God

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Peter Kevern

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Recent developments in the theory and practice of care for persons with dementia have reopened questions, traditionally explored by theologians, to do with the nature of personal identity and its dialectical relationship to social recognition. This new perspective on classical theological questions serves as a potential theological resource in contemporary western society, where God appears to have withdrawn from the prevailing public discourses. In this article, I explore the analogical potential of imagery of a 'dementing God', as a way to describe the contemporary experience of western Christians, to develop appropriate responses to the current climate in public theology and to continue to talk of God in public, while respecting Bonhoeffer's desire to celebrate a secular world in which humanity may 'come of age'. Recent developments in the theory and practice of care for persons with dementia have reopened questions, traditionally explored by theologians, to do with the nature of personal identity and its dialectical relationship to social recognition. This new perspective on classical theological questions serves as a potential theological resource in contemporary western society, where God appears to have withdrawn from the prevailing public discourses. In this article, I explore the analogical potential of imagery of a 'dementing God', as a way to describe the contemporary experience of western Christians, to develop appropriate responses to the current climate in public theology and to continue to talk of God in public, while respecting Bonhoeffer's desire to celebrate a secular world in which humanity may 'come of age'.

تاريخ نشر

2010

توصيف ظاهري

237-253

عنوان

International Journal of Public Theology

شماره جلد

4/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1569-7320

اصطلاح موضوعی

Alzheimer's disease

اصطلاح موضوعی

Bonhoeffer

اصطلاح موضوعی

dementia

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Peter Kevern

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/156973210X491895

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y