Helmut Thielicke reflects on the profound connection between his theological insights and personal experiences. He emphasizes that his work is deeply rooted in the struggles and sufferings he has faced, suggesting that theology is not merely an academic pursuit but a deeply personal journey. This perspective invites readers to consider the interplay between faith, suffering, and understanding in their own lives, encouraging a more intimate engagement with spiritual and theological concepts.
German description: Die Frage nach dem Wissenschaftscharakter der Theologie ist fur deren Selbstverstandnis und ihren Status in der Universitat massgeblich. Sie fuhrt zugleich zur Klarung des Verhaltnisses von Glauben und Wissen, Vernunft und Offenbarung im Grundsatzlichen und im Horizont der Moderne. In diesem Sammelband, der aus einer Tagung an der STH Basel im Herbst 2019 hervorging, werden diese Grundfragen in methodischer Vielfalt zwischen Philosophie, Erkenntnistheorie und theologischem Selbstverstandnis untersucht und freundschaftlich kontrovers diskutiert. Mit Beitragen von Ingolf U. Dalferth, Benedikt P. Gocke, Fabian F. Grassl, Dominikus Kraschl, Christoph Mocker, Holm Tetens, Harald Seubert und Daniel von Wachter. English summary: The question of the scientific character of theology is decisive for its self-understanding and its status in the university. At the same time, it leads to the clarification of the relationship between faith and knowledge, reason and revelation in general and in the horizon of modernity. In this anthology, which emerged from a conference at the STH Basel in the fall of 2019, these fundamental questions are examined and amicably controversially discussed in methodological diversity between philosophy, epistemology, and theological self-understanding.
