Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.34075/cs.54.2.3
Erik Peterson’s Understanding of Theology
Ivica Raguž
orcid.org/0000-0002-0083-0325
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, University of J. J. Strossmayer Osijek, Đakovo, Croatia
Dino Klem
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, University of J. J. Strossmayer Osijek, Đakovo, Croatia
Abstract
The paper presents some aspects of thoughts of German theologian Erik Peterson about the essence, the preconditions and the role of theology. The first part starts with Peterson's critical attitude towards the two of his contemporaries – Rudolf Bultmann and his understanding of theology which originates from human existence and Karl Barth and his dialectical theology. With Peterson's criticism, we come to his own understanding of theology which specifically deals with the term of dogma. Thereby he endeavours to determine why this term takes a central place in his understanding of theology and which the consequences for theology itself are.
Keywords
Erik Peterson; theology; dogma; the Church; Karl Barth; Protestantism
Hrčak ID:
221634
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Publication date:
28.6.2019.
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