Anfechtung

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Spiritual trial - a marginalised classic or a classically marginal note? That remains largely unresolved. And yet something theologically decisive depends upon this very alternative. For spiritual trial denotes an attitude within faith towards faith for which that very faith has become deeply problematic. Accordingly, this highly metaphorical term is intrinsically bound to the concept of faith, while faith is not only thematised concerning its contents, but also its existential aspects. Are people therefore no longer having experiences of this kind and, this being the case, has 'spiritual trial' been turned into a mere relict? Or does contemporary theology no longer have any use for a notion it once considered indispensable? What do we lose when we leave it in this state of abandonment? And were we to renew our efforts to define this classic, what would we then be able to understand better and describe in more detail?

Autorenportrait

Pierre Bühler (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1950; Prof. em. für Systematische Theologie, insbes. Hermeneutik und Fundamentaltheologie an der Universität Zürich. Stefan Berg (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1978; Studium der Ev. Theologie in Marburg und Basel; 2011 Promotion an der Universität Zürich; 2020 Habilitation an der Universität Basel; derzeit Privatdozent im Fach Systematische Theologie an der Universität Basel. Andreas Hunziker (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1968; Privatdozent für Systematische Theologie an der Universität Zürich und Pfarrer in Suhr, Schweiz. Hartmut von Sass (Herausgegeben von) 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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