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Four Ways of the Protestant Modernism In 20th Century
Aims: the author has intention to present and explain ways of development of the Modern and modernist Protestant theology. May be it is the most original current in Christendom and in religion in general.
Methods: the author deals with the comparative methodology and the philosophical interpretation of the modern Protestant ideas, – as pure philosophy, as spiritual practice.
Contents: the author picks out a number of modern currents in Protestant thought: mystical doctrine of P. Tillich, ethics of D. Bonhoeffer, nihilism of T. Altizer and magic practices of so-called positive thought. The evolution of Protestantism led it to the negation of its own ground i.e. the evangelical myths. Without any formal deny of faith the Protestantism evolved to pantheism and irreligion.
Conclusions: the Protestant modernism in the 20th century breaks with main doctrines of Christian theology and evangelical mythology. It understands either is “dead” and gone out from the world or as the world itself. The transcendent
reality cease to be transcendent. It turns into the unpersonal Absolute, which cannot be identified with personal theistic God Jesus Christ. The absence of God as the transcendent power and of its personal aspect Jesus Christ takes away the question about human sin and the damage of the human nature.
Methods: the author deals with the comparative methodology and the philosophical interpretation of the modern Protestant ideas, – as pure philosophy, as spiritual practice.
Contents: the author picks out a number of modern currents in Protestant thought: mystical doctrine of P. Tillich, ethics of D. Bonhoeffer, nihilism of T. Altizer and magic practices of so-called positive thought. The evolution of Protestantism led it to the negation of its own ground i.e. the evangelical myths. Without any formal deny of faith the Protestantism evolved to pantheism and irreligion.
Conclusions: the Protestant modernism in the 20th century breaks with main doctrines of Christian theology and evangelical mythology. It understands either is “dead” and gone out from the world or as the world itself. The transcendent
reality cease to be transcendent. It turns into the unpersonal Absolute, which cannot be identified with personal theistic God Jesus Christ. The absence of God as the transcendent power and of its personal aspect Jesus Christ takes away the question about human sin and the damage of the human nature.
protestantism, modernism, T. Altizer, P. Tillich, D. Bonhoeffer, “positive way of thinking’’, pantheism, mysticism, nihilism, witchcraft