The Crucified God

the cross of christ as the foundation and criticism of christian theology

JÜRGEN MOLTMANN

Fortress Press

Minneapolis

THE CRUCIFIED GOD

The Cross of Christ as the Foundation

and Criticism of Christian Theology

First Fortress Press edition, 1993

Translated by R. A. Wilson and John Bowden from the German Der gekreuzigte Gott (Christian Kaiser Verlag, Munich, second edition 1973). Preface to the paperback edition translated by Margaret Kohl.

Copyright © 1974 in the English translation by SCM Press Ltd. New Preface copyright © 1991 HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical articles or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write to: Permissions, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440.

Author photo: Thomas Kucharz

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Moltmann, Jürgen.

[Gekreuzigte Gott. English]

The crucified god: the cross of Christ as the foundation and criticism of Christian theology / Jürgen Moltmann; [translated by R. A. Wilson and John Bowden from the German]—1st Fortress Press ed.

p. cm.

Translation of: Der gekreuzigte Gott.

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, 1974.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8006-2822-5 (alk. paper)

1. Jesus Christ—Person and offices. 2. Jesus Christ—Crucifixion. I. Title

BT 202.M5513 1993

232—dc20

93-29953

CIP

Illustrissimae

Dukianae universitati

in civitate Carolina septentrionali

ob summum in Sancta Theologia

honorem sibi oblatum

hunc librum

grato devotoque animo

dedicat

Jürgen Moltmann

a.d. III. Id. Mai.

anno p. Chr.n. MCLXXIII.

CONTENTS

Preface to the Paperback Edition

In Explanation of the Theme

1 The Identity and Relevance of Faith

1. The Crisis of Relevance in Christian Life

2. The Crisis of Identity for Christian Faith

3. Revelation in Contradiction and Dialectical Knowledge

2 The Resistance of the Cross against its Interpretations

1. The Unreligious Cross in the Church

2. The Cult of the Cross

3. The Mysticism of the Cross

4. Following the Cross

5. The Theology of the Cross

3 Questions about Jesus

1. Is Jesus true God?

2. Is Jesus true Man?

3. ‘Are you he who is to come?’

4. ‘Who do you say that I am?’

4 The Historical Trial of Jesus

1. The Question of the Origin of Christology

2. Jesus’ Way to the Cross

(a) Jesus and the law: ‘The blasphemer’

(b) Jesus and authority: ‘The rebel’

(c) Jesus and God: ‘The godforsaken’

5 The Eschatological Trial of Jesus Christ

1. Eschatology and History

2. Jesus’ Resurrection from the Dead

3. The Significance of the Cross of the Risen Christ

4. The Future of God in the Sign of the Crucified Christ

6 The ‘Crucified God’

1. The ‘Death of God’ as the Origin of Christian Theology?

2. Theism and the Theology of the Cross

3. The Theology of the Cross and Atheism

4. The Doctrine of Two Natures and the Suffering of Christ

5. Trinitarian Theology of the Cross

6. Beyond Theism ...

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About The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology

“The criticism of the church and theology which we have been fortunate enough to experience, and which is justified on sociological, psychological, and ideological grounds, can only be accepted and made radical by a critical theology of the cross,” Moltmann writes in the preface to The Crucified God. Thoroughly examining the theology of the cross, he explores the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, and seeks to revolutionize the concept of God, and thereby making his theology of hope more concrete.

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