Klaus Nürnberger
Biographic Data
| ID | 1425395 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Klaus Nürnberger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Klaus |
| FAMILY NAME | Nürnberger |
| SIGNATURE | NÜRNBERGER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7436-952X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘Creation out of nothing’ – A problematic assumption
Science, technology, commerce and consumerism have set humankind on a trajectory towards a catastrophe of inestimable proportions. To respond appropriately to this danger, theology must replace obsolete contextualisations of its message with currently relevant ones. ‘Creation out of nothing’ is a case in point. Will God create a new and perfect world ‘out of nothing’ after we have messed up the one we have? Probably not! In Part I, I show that ‘c…
A ‘transversal’ dialogue with Wentzel van Huyssteen’s theological approach
In this essay, I compared notes with Wentzel van Huyssteen, one of the most prominent theologians in the science–religion discussion. I followed the topics dealt with in a casual interview with Frits Gaum, in which Van Huyssteen responded to set questions: on his academic journey, God, the Bible, creation and evolution, human uniqueness, original sin, eternal life, Jesus and the relation between faith and research. Whilst there was considerable c…
Systematic Theology – An experiential approach
Nürnberger’s ‘Faith in Christ Today: Invitation to Systematic Theology’ is meant to serve the proclamation of the Word of God in modern times. Based on ‘experiential realism’, as used by science, it restricts itself to immanent reality, avoids the reification of idealised abstractions and biblical metaphors and follows an emergent-evolutionary hermeneutic. God’s self-disclosure manifests itself as (1) creative power in the cosmic process as explo…
Justification by faith« - a lifeless concept or the power of divine healing?
Ted Peters, Sin Boldly! Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls. Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2015, 479 S.
Ted Peters, Sin Boldly! Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls
An Inductive Approach To the Concept of God. Biblical Faith in the Light of the Theories of Entropy and Evolution-an Experiment in Experiential Theology
The essay assumes that (a) the method of modern science is inductive, (b) that the scientific theories of emergence, evolution and chaos currently provide the most inclusive interpretative framework for all dimensions of reality and (c) that these theories have to be seen in the context of the second thermodynamic law, the law of entropy. These assumptions pose the following problems to theology: (a) The biblical doctrine of creation can be inter…
Biblical Authority Between Fundamentalism and Postmodernism
After a brief critique of traditional and current approaches, this article proposes a new hermeneutic, here called below-the-text reading, which traces the evolutionary trajectories of soteriological paradigms, such as the exodus or the kingship, through a thousand years of biblical history. This method exposes and undercurrent of meaning manifesting itself through successive texts like a story unfolding through the series of frames in a film str…
Biblical Authority Between Fundamentalism and Postmodernism
After a brief critique of traditional and current approaches, this article proposes a new hermeneutic, here called below-the-text reading, which traces the evolutionary trajectories of soteriological paradigms, such as the exodus or the kingship, through a thousand years of biblical history. This method exposes and undercurrent of meaning manifesting itself through successive texts like a story unfolding through the series of frames in a film str…
Justice and peace - a survey of issues
This article offers a condensed survey of justice and peace issues in Christian ethics. It was originally written for an evangelical encyclopedia but was not accepted by the editors, possibly because of its historical critical and social critical stance. It begins with the historical origins of the concepts of law in the Old Testament, namely covenant law and cosmic order, their profound transformations in biblical history and their final form in…
Power and beliefs in South Africa
ISBN: 0 86981 537 7 Publication Date: 31 December 1988 South African society is characterised by a marked centre-periphery structure of economic power distribution. It is, at the same time, a prime example of a society divided by a plurality of religious, cultural and economic convictions. It is, furthermore, the target of intense moral challenges. As such it is an ideal 'laboratory' for social-ethical research concerning the impact of structures…
The Sotho Notion of the Supreme Being and the Impact of the Christian Proclamation
The Sotho Notion of the Supreme Being and the Impact of the Christian Proclamation 1
Systematic Theology – An experiential approach
Nürnberger’s ‘Faith in Christ Today: Invitation to Systematic Theology’ is meant to serve the proclamation of the Word of God in modern times. Based on ‘experiential realism’, as used by science, it restricts itself to immanent reality, avoids the reification of idealised abstractions and biblical metaphors and follows an emergent-evolutionary hermeneutic. God’s self-disclosure manifests itself as (1) creative power in the cosmic process as explo…
The Sotho Notion of the Supreme Being and the Impact of the Christian Proclamation
The Sotho Notion of the Supreme Being and the Impact of the Christian Proclamation 1
Power and beliefs in South Africa
ISBN: 0 86981 537 7 Publication Date: 31 December 1988 South African society is characterised by a marked centre-periphery structure of economic power distribution. It is, at the same time, a prime example of a society divided by a plurality of religious, cultural and economic convictions. It is, furthermore, the target of intense moral challenges. As such it is an ideal 'laboratory' for social-ethical research concerning the impact of structures…
Justice and peace - a survey of issues
This article offers a condensed survey of justice and peace issues in Christian ethics. It was originally written for an evangelical encyclopedia but was not accepted by the editors, possibly because of its historical critical and social critical stance. It begins with the historical origins of the concepts of law in the Old Testament, namely covenant law and cosmic order, their profound transformations in biblical history and their final form in…
Biblical Authority Between Fundamentalism and Postmodernism
After a brief critique of traditional and current approaches, this article proposes a new hermeneutic, here called below-the-text reading, which traces the evolutionary trajectories of soteriological paradigms, such as the exodus or the kingship, through a thousand years of biblical history. This method exposes and undercurrent of meaning manifesting itself through successive texts like a story unfolding through the series of frames in a film str…
Biblical Authority Between Fundamentalism and Postmodernism
After a brief critique of traditional and current approaches, this article proposes a new hermeneutic, here called below-the-text reading, which traces the evolutionary trajectories of soteriological paradigms, such as the exodus or the kingship, through a thousand years of biblical history. This method exposes and undercurrent of meaning manifesting itself through successive texts like a story unfolding through the series of frames in a film str…
An Inductive Approach To the Concept of God. Biblical Faith in the Light of the Theories of Entropy and Evolution-an Experiment in Experiential Theology
The essay assumes that (a) the method of modern science is inductive, (b) that the scientific theories of emergence, evolution and chaos currently provide the most inclusive interpretative framework for all dimensions of reality and (c) that these theories have to be seen in the context of the second thermodynamic law, the law of entropy. These assumptions pose the following problems to theology: (a) The biblical doctrine of creation can be inter…
Justification by faith« - a lifeless concept or the power of divine healing?
Ted Peters, Sin Boldly! Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls. Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2015, 479 S.
Ted Peters, Sin Boldly! Justifying Faith for Fragile and Broken Souls
Systematic Theology – An experiential approach
Nürnberger’s ‘Faith in Christ Today: Invitation to Systematic Theology’ is meant to serve the proclamation of the Word of God in modern times. Based on ‘experiential realism’, as used by science, it restricts itself to immanent reality, avoids the reification of idealised abstractions and biblical metaphors and follows an emergent-evolutionary hermeneutic. God’s self-disclosure manifests itself as (1) creative power in the cosmic process as explo…
‘Creation out of nothing’ – A problematic assumption
Science, technology, commerce and consumerism have set humankind on a trajectory towards a catastrophe of inestimable proportions. To respond appropriately to this danger, theology must replace obsolete contextualisations of its message with currently relevant ones. ‘Creation out of nothing’ is a case in point. Will God create a new and perfect world ‘out of nothing’ after we have messed up the one we have? Probably not! In Part I, I show that ‘c…
A ‘transversal’ dialogue with Wentzel van Huyssteen’s theological approach
In this essay, I compared notes with Wentzel van Huyssteen, one of the most prominent theologians in the science–religion discussion. I followed the topics dealt with in a casual interview with Frits Gaum, in which Van Huyssteen responded to set questions: on his academic journey, God, the Bible, creation and evolution, human uniqueness, original sin, eternal life, Jesus and the relation between faith and research. Whilst there was considerable c…
Philosophy (11 works) · Theology (9 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Faith (6 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (4 works) · History of religions (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (3 works)