Gordon D Kaufman
Biographic Data
| ID | 292463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gordon D Kaufman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gordon D |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaufman |
| SIGNATURE | KAUFMAN G D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pomona College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rejoinder to Mikael Stenmark
Journal Article Rejoinder to Mikael Stenmark Get access Gordon D. Kaufman Gordon D. Kaufman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 71, Issue 1, March 2003, Pages 183–186, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaar/71.1.183 Published: 01 March 2003
On Thinking of God as Serendipitous Creativity
In my book In Face of Mystery I proposed the concept of “serendipitous creativity” as a metaphor more appropriate for thinking of God today than such traditional image/concepts as creator, lord, and father. In this essay I more fully elaborate and more carefully nuance that concept. It is no longer possible, I argue, to connect in an intelligible way today's scientific cosmological and evolutionary understandings of the origins of the universe an…
Dick Niebuhr: Some Personal Memories
The essays in this issue of Harvard Theological Review were originally presented at a celebration in honor of Richard R. Niebuhr on the occasion of his retirement as Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. On that day, May 7, 1999, many of Dick's colleagues, friends, and students past and present gathered to pay tribute to him and his forty-three years of service at Harvard. The papers that were delivered and the memories that we…
Reading Wittgenstein: Notes for Constructive Theologians
Response to Sulak Sivaraksa's Paper
God and Emptiness: An Experimental Essay
The topic of this paper is Christian view of reality. It is important to recognize from outset that is not a common Christian technical phrase with a long tradition of meaning (though, due to Paul Tillich's influence, it has gained some currency in recent years), but rather a term our group has agreed is open enough to allow for Christian and Buddhist comparisons of that which is highest or most important or most central to each of these traditio…
Death and Life: An American Theology . Arthur C. McGill , Charles A. Wilson , Per M. Anderson
Some Buddhist Metaphysical Presuppositions: A Response to Ryusei Takeda's Paper, "Pure Land Buddhist View of "Duhkha" "
I have found Professor Takeda's paper to be a very illuminating discussion of the concept of duhkha (distinguishing it from suffering) in Pure Land Buddhism, and I want to begin my remarks, therefore, by expressing my gratitude to Professor Takeda for preparing such a clear and intelligible statement on duhkha for us to work with. In general, my remarks will be directed to showing that Buddhism (as presented by Professor Takeda) represents a part…
The Historicity of Religions and the Importance of Religious Dialogue
I have been asked to make a few remarks about the questions, Why should persons representing different religious traditions engage in dialogue with each other? and what directions should such dialogue take today? It is obvious many sorts of answers can be given to these questions. For example, we might want to engage in dialogue with persons of other religious commitments for social reasons, because we simply enjoy participating in each other's h…
Toward a Mutual Transformation of Christianity and Buddhism. Beyond Dialogue
Nuclear Eschatology and the Study of Religion
Nuclear Eschatology and the Study of Religion Gordon D. Kaufman Gordon D. Kaufman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LI, Issue 1, March 1983, Pages 3–14, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LI.1.3 Published: 01 March 1983
Theology as Imaginative Construction
Journal Article Theology as Imaginative Construction Get access Gordon D. Kaufman Gordon D. Kaufman This paper by Professor Kaufman and the responses were first presented at the 1980 Annual Meeting of the Academy The responses have been somewhat revised for publication, but the paper is being published as presented —Ed Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume L, I…
Conceptualizing Diversity TheologicallyThe Analogical Imagination: Christian Theology and the Culture of Pluralism. David Tracy
Is There Any Way from Athens to Jerusalem? Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity . Karl Rahner , W. V. Dych
A Problem for Theology: The Concept of Nature
The growing general awareness that the order of nature within which man lives is a delicate ecological balance — a balance which cannot be indiscriminately exploited by men much longer without destroying the continuing possibility of human life — has not been without repercussions among theologians. There is an increasing attentiveness to nature as a theological problem and an interest in developing theologies of ecology and conservation. In addi…
Response to the Ingersoll Lecture by a Theologian
Birth and death are the most elemental symbols of the mystery we are to ourselves. Birth: the original moment of creativity through which new life comes into being with all the potentialities for joy and sorrow and meaning which we know to be most deeply human. Death: the dissolution and passing away, and even violent destruction, of all of this, disappearing forever from human consciousness. Events of such importance can never be left by men to …
Systematic Theology: A Historicist Perspective
On The Meaning of “Act of God”
The concept, “act of God,” is central to the biblical understanding of God and his relation to the world. Repeatedly we are told of the great works performed by God in behalf of his people and in execution of his own purposes in history. From the “song of Moses,” which celebrates the “glorious deeds” (Ex. 15:11) through which Yahweh secured the release of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt, to the letters of Paul, which proclaim God's great act…
Revolt against Heaven: An Enquiry into Anti-Supernaturalism. Kenneth Hamilton
On the Meaning of “God”: Transcendence without Mythology
Many have observed that modern man, more than the man of any other age, lives in a world from which God is absent, a genuinely secular world. Our forefathers had a sense of God's continuous providential guidance of history as a whole and of their individual destinies in particular; they found their lives meaningful because they were lived within the context of God's purposes, each man having his own unique place and task. But such meaning as most…
Theology
THEOLOGY Get access Human Spirit and Holy Spirit.. By ARNOLD B. COME. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1959. 198 pages. $4.00. GORDON D. KAUFMAN GORDON D. KAUFMAN Vanderbilt Divinity School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2, April 1960, Pages 248–250, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXVIII.2.248 Published: 01 April 1960
The Church
Can a Man Serve Two Masters
Philosophy of Religion and Christian Theology
The Ground of Biblical Authority: Six Theses
Journal Article The Ground of Biblical Authority: Six Theses Get access GORDON D. KAUFMAN GORDON D. KAUFMAN *GORDON D. KAUFMAN received his Ph.D. degree from Yale University and is now Assistant Professor of Religion at Pomona College. This paper was originally presented in a discussion for students on the authority of the Bible. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, …
Nuclear Eschatology and the Study of Religion
Nuclear Eschatology and the Study of Religion Gordon D. Kaufman Gordon D. Kaufman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LI, Issue 1, March 1983, Pages 3–14, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LI.1.3 Published: 01 March 1983
Theology
THEOLOGY Get access The Christians' God. By STEPHEN NEILL. New York: Associaton Press, 1955. 90 pages. $1.25. GORDON D. KAUFMAN GORDON D. KAUFMAN Pomona College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXIII, Issue 4, October 1955, Pages 322-a–322, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXIII.4.322-a Published: 01 October 1955
The Ground of Biblical Authority: Six Theses
Journal Article The Ground of Biblical Authority: Six Theses Get access GORDON D. KAUFMAN GORDON D. KAUFMAN *GORDON D. KAUFMAN received his Ph.D. degree from Yale University and is now Assistant Professor of Religion at Pomona College. This paper was originally presented in a discussion for students on the authority of the Bible. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, …
Theology
Journal Article THEOLOGY Get access Fools jor Christ. By JAROSLAV PELIKANPhiladelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1955. 172 pages. $3.00. GORDON D. KAUFMAN GORDON D. KAUFMAN Pomona College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXIV, Issue 2, April 1956, Pages 138–139, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXIV.2.138 Published: 01 April 1956
The "Imago Dei" as Man's Historicity
Philosophy of Religion and Christian Theology
Can a Man Serve Two Masters
The Church
Theology
THEOLOGY Get access Human Spirit and Holy Spirit.. By ARNOLD B. COME. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1959. 198 pages. $4.00. GORDON D. KAUFMAN GORDON D. KAUFMAN Vanderbilt Divinity School Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2, April 1960, Pages 248–250, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXVIII.2.248 Published: 01 April 1960
On the Meaning of “God”: Transcendence without Mythology
Many have observed that modern man, more than the man of any other age, lives in a world from which God is absent, a genuinely secular world. Our forefathers had a sense of God's continuous providential guidance of history as a whole and of their individual destinies in particular; they found their lives meaningful because they were lived within the context of God's purposes, each man having his own unique place and task. But such meaning as most…
Revolt against Heaven: An Enquiry into Anti-Supernaturalism. Kenneth Hamilton
On The Meaning of “Act of God”
The concept, “act of God,” is central to the biblical understanding of God and his relation to the world. Repeatedly we are told of the great works performed by God in behalf of his people and in execution of his own purposes in history. From the “song of Moses,” which celebrates the “glorious deeds” (Ex. 15:11) through which Yahweh secured the release of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt, to the letters of Paul, which proclaim God's great act…
Response to the Ingersoll Lecture by a Theologian
Birth and death are the most elemental symbols of the mystery we are to ourselves. Birth: the original moment of creativity through which new life comes into being with all the potentialities for joy and sorrow and meaning which we know to be most deeply human. Death: the dissolution and passing away, and even violent destruction, of all of this, disappearing forever from human consciousness. Events of such importance can never be left by men to …
Systematic Theology: A Historicist Perspective
A Problem for Theology: The Concept of Nature
The growing general awareness that the order of nature within which man lives is a delicate ecological balance — a balance which cannot be indiscriminately exploited by men much longer without destroying the continuing possibility of human life — has not been without repercussions among theologians. There is an increasing attentiveness to nature as a theological problem and an interest in developing theologies of ecology and conservation. In addi…
Is There Any Way from Athens to Jerusalem? Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity . Karl Rahner , W. V. Dych
Theology as Imaginative Construction
Journal Article Theology as Imaginative Construction Get access Gordon D. Kaufman Gordon D. Kaufman This paper by Professor Kaufman and the responses were first presented at the 1980 Annual Meeting of the Academy The responses have been somewhat revised for publication, but the paper is being published as presented —Ed Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume L, I…
Conceptualizing Diversity TheologicallyThe Analogical Imagination: Christian Theology and the Culture of Pluralism. David Tracy
Toward a Mutual Transformation of Christianity and Buddhism. Beyond Dialogue
Nuclear Eschatology and the Study of Religion
Nuclear Eschatology and the Study of Religion Gordon D. Kaufman Gordon D. Kaufman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LI, Issue 1, March 1983, Pages 3–14, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LI.1.3 Published: 01 March 1983
The Historicity of Religions and the Importance of Religious Dialogue
I have been asked to make a few remarks about the questions, Why should persons representing different religious traditions engage in dialogue with each other? and what directions should such dialogue take today? It is obvious many sorts of answers can be given to these questions. For example, we might want to engage in dialogue with persons of other religious commitments for social reasons, because we simply enjoy participating in each other's h…
Some Buddhist Metaphysical Presuppositions: A Response to Ryusei Takeda's Paper, "Pure Land Buddhist View of "Duhkha" "
I have found Professor Takeda's paper to be a very illuminating discussion of the concept of duhkha (distinguishing it from suffering) in Pure Land Buddhism, and I want to begin my remarks, therefore, by expressing my gratitude to Professor Takeda for preparing such a clear and intelligible statement on duhkha for us to work with. In general, my remarks will be directed to showing that Buddhism (as presented by Professor Takeda) represents a part…
God and Emptiness: An Experimental Essay
The topic of this paper is Christian view of reality. It is important to recognize from outset that is not a common Christian technical phrase with a long tradition of meaning (though, due to Paul Tillich's influence, it has gained some currency in recent years), but rather a term our group has agreed is open enough to allow for Christian and Buddhist comparisons of that which is highest or most important or most central to each of these traditio…
Death and Life: An American Theology . Arthur C. McGill , Charles A. Wilson , Per M. Anderson
Response to Sulak Sivaraksa's Paper
Reading Wittgenstein: Notes for Constructive Theologians
Philosophy (26 works) · Theology (21 works) · Epistemology (11 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (10 works) · Religious studies (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (6 works)