Is not the god of the powerless also powerless? — Dorothee Sölle (December 4, 2019)

Dorothee Sölle argues that Greek philosophy (e.g. Aristotle) and scholasticism (e.g. Thomas Aquinas) has wrongly influenced Christians to think of god as a principality of power that is completely opposite of the powerlessness of the Crucified Jesus. Sölle believes this has happened by defining the attributes of god by philosophical […]

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The individualistic understanding of Jesus as “my personal savior” is a catastrophic consequence of capitalism – Dorothee Sölle (November 25, 2019)

Dorothee Sölle (1929–2003) joins the chorus of theologians–including Jürgen Moltmann, T.F. Torrance, and many others–who have criticized the individualistic reduction of Christianity to "a personal relationship with Jesus". In her book Thinking About God: An Introduction to Theology, Sölle keenly perceived that capitalism in America has caused everything to be […]

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For liberal theology the virgin birth is a stumbling block which is best removed. For liberation theology it is a piece of bread. – Dorothee Sölle (November 16, 2019)

Dorothee Sölle (1929–2003) analyzes the virgin birth from the perspective of liberation theology and feminist theology in her book Thinking About God: An Introduction to Theology. Sölle argues that the doctrine of the virgin birth has been polarized into two extremes by orthodox and liberal theology. She argues that orthodoxy […]

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