Self-transcendence and human history in Wolfhart Pannenberg
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Self-transcendence and human history in Wolfhart Pannenberg
University Press of America, c1999
Available at / 1 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Search this Book/Journal
Note
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Self-Transcendence and Human History in Wolfhart Pannenberg examines Pannenberg's thoughts on self-transcendence and its relationship to human history. The author attempts to establish a better understanding of man as "creature" and as "creator" of history. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah begins by clarifying the definitions of self-transcendence, openness, and exocentricity. These terms involve man's natural tendency to constantly reach out beyond the present reality, which is based in his existence as a spiritual being open to God. Onah discusses the development of the self that is always present, but does not completely emerge until the end of the individual's history. He shows that imagination, culture, language, play, love, trust, and the question of God are dimensions of man's capacity of self-transcendence. Through a critical dialogue with Pannenberg, the author demonstrates that man becomes history, while also participating with God in the making of history. He proposes that through self-knowledge comes knowledge of God and through knowledge of God comes knowledge of self.
Table of Contents
chapter 1 Introduction chapter 2 Self-Transcendence as Openness chapter 3 Selfhood, Identity, and the Other chapter 4 Some Dimensions of Self Transcendence chapter 5 Man and History chapter 6 Evaluation and Conclusion chapter 7 Appendix chapter 8 Bibliography
by "Nielsen BookData"