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Started 20th Feb, 2019
Walter Kasper and the Philosophy
In 1964, the young Walter Kasper (born in 1933) was granted by the Faculty of Catholic Theology at Tübingen the licence to teach dogmatic theology on the basis of a thesis on Philosophie und Theologie der Geschichte in der Spätphilosophie Schellings (Philosophy and Theology of History in Schelling’s Late Philosophy). Kasper’s interest in Schelling, himself a student at the Evangelisches Stift at Tübingen, thus originated in the context of his university studies in the school of J.R. Geiselmann and developed in parallel with his theological education. For this reason, it is impossible to form a correct idea of Kasper and his whole theology unless one is willing to take into account this background, not least because he himself has always consciously and forcefully recognised this fact and seen in it his own centre of gravity. Kasper’s work and thought were shaped in a lasting manner during his university years. In fact, his entire academic oeuvre has been nurtured from this fecund origin so much so that he became one of the most well known names associated with the Catholic school at Tübingen to which he gave a new, creative impulse having himself been profoundly inspired by it. ‘He always emphasised his own roots not only as a teacher of theology and a member of the teaching faculty of this Institution, but also as Bishop’ and cardinal. The principal intention of the present book is precisely this: to return to this beginning and elucidate these decisive years for Kasper in broad outline by way of a Relecture and interpretation of his book on The Absolute in History and the particular manner in which he interpreted the so-called second Schelling, an author whom he approached in the wake of Walter Schulz and at practically the same time as Xavier Tilliette. The analysis will subsequently move on into the more properly theological field.
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Antonio what you present here is very interesting. I am intrigued. It would make a great dissertation: The Theology of Walter Kasper and the Catholic Church. I did a paper once on Neoorthodoxy and Karl Barth. Barth was expelled from Germany because of his belief in exegesis which was an affront to Hitler's belief. Barth concepts of neoorthodoxy which is really not new at all is the concepts of Bild, sache and wort. From these concepts the orthodox teachings of the apostles are revealed and if fully grasped by the individual can create a regenerate spirit within a person. Restoration not only of the spiritual but a transformation of one's physical appearance simply by the renewing of your mind. I have had the opportunity to perform these concepts on individuals after a period of fastings and prayer. The result was astounding. It usually depends upon the faith of the individuals whom you are praying for but everyone exercise faith in wort.
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