Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2016, 18:30 - 20:00 iCal

Speaking of God in a Time of Crisis:

Religion as Ground Zero

Universität Wien, Hörsaal 47
Universitätsring 1, 1010 Wien

Vortrag

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Not long after the terrible earthquakes and tsunamis that shook Japan in March 2011, the mayor of T?ky? made a public statement in which he said that, because ‘Japanese politics is tainted with egoism’, a tsunami had been needed ‘to wipe out egoism.’ He thus described the disaster as ‘divine punishment.' As such, this political leader repeated a pattern frequently repeated in the wake of a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or other human tragedy. Such examples highlight the perils of reading meaning into situations of human suffering, as well as of speaking of God in an age when many suspect that religion is inherently violent. This lecture explores the work of theologians and philosophers who have wrestled with this challenge, including Karl Barth, Emil Fackenheim, Johann Baptist Metz, Jean-Luc Nancy and Rowan Williams. The discussion explores ways in which each of these thinkers display similar sensitivities to the problem of theological speech, and how each offers us instructive warnings to consider.

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Veranstalter

Institut für Religionswissenschaft

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Kontakt

Dagmar Hofko
Institut für Religionswissenschaft
4277-31601
dagmar.hofko@univie.ac.at

Erstellt am Freitag, 14. Oktober 2016, 10:24
Letzte Änderung am Dienstag, 10. Januar 2017, 13:29