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Radical Theology, Evil and Freedom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2009

Thomas A. Idinopulos
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A Secure grasp of Thomas Altizer's theology is not an easy achievement. But if I have correctly understood it, I would argue that it turns on an axis of three themes. These themes will be examined and evaluated here. The critical point I will develop is that the manner in which Professor Altizer has set the stage for what he defends as ‘radical theology’ results in two major deficiences—an inability to confront and wrestle with the reality of evil, and a failure to account for freedom as the source of evil.

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Research Article
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Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , June 1969 , pp. 165 - 174
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Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1969

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References

page 165 note 1 Altizer, Thomas J. J., The Gospel of Christian Atheism (The Westminster Press: Philadelphia, 1966), p. 23.Google Scholar

page 165 note 2 ibid., p. 22.

page 166 note 1 ibid.

page 166 note 2 ibid., p. 19.

page 166 note 3 ibid., p. 119.

page 169 note 1 ibid., p. 131.

page 169 note 2 ibid., p. 23.

page 171 note 1 ibid., p. 67.

page 173 note 1 Berdyaev, Nicolas, The Destiny of Man (Geoffrey Bles: London, 1948), p. 33.Google Scholar