Eric E. Hall

Radical Theology

Theology

“When we hear 'radical' in the context of theology today, we oftentimes hear an implied rejection of theology as theology, turning it instead into something like sociology, gender studies, or religion. Ingolf U. Dalferth makes the case in his Radical Theology that this kind of move is both unnecessary and inhibitive. Theology is by itself always already radical because it is oriented toward that which calls us beyond ourselves and our myopic worlds and into the newness of radical love. The radicality of theology is implicit in its object, which is God's creative, Trinitarian action in the world.”