Theology

Eilert Herms reconstructs Weinberg's description of the process of the cosmos and shows: The enduring presence of this process for inner-cosmic persons, who explore it, is not only the condition of possibility for this exploration, but also the real condition of possibility and the real medium of the process itself.

What did Paul find wrong with the Jewish Law? A. Andrew Das returns to E. P. Sanders and argues that both the New Perspective and Paul-within-Judaism overreach: Paul's objection is not to the Law itself but to trusting it for salvation apart from Christ. The grace-works contrast stands, nuanced by the Law's ethnic implications for gentiles.

How can compassion be reimagined today from theological and philosophical perspectives? Daniel Gerte explores Johann Baptist Metz's theology of compassion within the broader context of his work and develops it further into the concept of a »mytho-compathic Christianity.«

Ki-Eun Jang analyzes how identity labels were claimed, disclaimed, and reappropriated in the ancient Near Eastern literary milieu. By contrasting the modern genealogy of gentilics with ancient premises of identification, she demonstrates how these forms encode complex patterns of affiliation beyond ethnic models.