Gott als Ereignis des Seins

Zusatztext

If God is not a metaphysical supplement to the world, the question arises as to how one has to think about God in order to be truly referring to God. Hartmut von Sass deals with this question by elaborating on three claims: God's being is identical with God's acting; this acting towards us is constituted by God's revelation for us; and finally this revelatory action amounts to a new understanding of ourselves and the world. Combining these three claims leads to relocating God's works and thus God Himself. There is no separate referent that has been added to the world, but an irreducible reference to the world which surrounds us. This transformation from thinking in substances to an understanding in performances might be called a modalization of faith. The consequences of this theological upheaval for a post-metaphysical conception of God are worked out in a dialogue with hermeneutical theology and its philosophical foundations.

Autorenportrait

Born 1980; studied Protestant Theology and Philosophy in Göttingen, Edinburgh, and Berlin; PhD 2009; Habilitation 2012; 2022-24 Lynen Fellow at the New School for Social Research in New York City; Professor of Systematic Theology with a focus on Dogmatics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Hamburg.

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