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God, Faith and the Theological Object — An Historical Dialectic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2011

Claude Welch
Claude Welch
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104
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What is the proper “object” for theological attention? It was the overwhelming judgment of Protestant thinkers in the 19th century that for theology God and faith belong inseparably together. Theology deals with God, but in so far as God is the object for theology, man as believer is also always given in his concrete choosing and affirming and apprehending that is faith. God is available as an “object” only from and with the point of view of a subject.

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Research Article
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Harvard Theological Review , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , July 1966 , pp. 213 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © President and Fellows of Harvard College 1966

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1 In this paper I can give only the barest summary of the evidence on which the historical argument rests. A full treatment with appropriate documentation will require a small volume, which I expect to complete in the near future.