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Helbredelsesforkynnelse og kristen tro
Alfsvåg, Knut (Chapter, 2020)From the second half of the 19th century, some Christians have maintained that by adeptly manipulating the relevant spiritual laws, one may liberate oneself entirely from physical illness. Tis article is an investigation ... -
Hva vi er, har Gud vært, og hva vi er, skal Gud bli: Kritikk av treenighetslæren i mormonismen, Oneness Pentecostalism og trosbevegelsen
Alfsvåg, Knut (Journal article, 2014)Mormonismen avviser den oldkirkelige distinksjon mellom én guddommelig natur og tre guddommelige personer som uttrykk for hellenistisk innflytelse, og foretrekker en bokstavelig forståelse av de antropomorfe gudsbeskrivelser ... -
Imagination and critique in the work of Johann Georg Hamann
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788) is a fascinating person. He was well trained in languages and literature, but had no formal position at an institution of learning. Still, he was well known and respected among his contemporary ... -
Impassibility and revelation : on the relation between immanence and economy in Orthodox and Lutheran thought
Alfsvåg, Knut (Journal article, 2014)What is the relation between divine unchangeability and the reality of change as implied in ideas of creation and redemption? Western Trinitarian theology in the 20th century tended toward emphasizing the significance of ... -
In Search of the Self’s Grounding Power : Kierkegaard’s The Sickness unto Death as Dogmatics for Unbelievers
Alfsvåg, Knut (Journal article, 2014)Kierkegaard's The Sickness unto Death can be read as an attempt to present the Christian message in a way that makes sense for unbelievers without violating the integrity of the Christian faith. This is done by exploring ... -
Kierkegaard on indiscriminate love
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The axle around which Kierkegaard's thought revolves is the difference between the infinite and the finite, and the commandment to love all humans indiscriminately is the manifestation of the infinite within the area of ... -
Lossky, Vladimir
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Luther and the Apophatic Tradition
Alfsvåg, Knut (Journal article, 2018)There has been a growing consensus among Luther scholars that authors of a mystic persuasion were indeed important for Luther’s theological development. This was even emphasized through one of the plenary sections of the ... -
Luther on Necessity
Alfsvåg, Knut (Journal article, 2015)Among the quotations from Luther's works condemned by the pope in 1520 was the statement that free will is something that exists in name only. In his defense of this statement in Assertio omnium articulorum, published in ... -
Majority world theology: Christian doctrine in global context
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Martin Luther og den inkarnatoriske virkelighetsforståelsen
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Luther var opptatt av den frigjørende og fornyende kraft i evangeliet om Jesus som frelser. Det gir hans tenkning et narrativt og kristosentrisk preg. Tonaturkristologien er derfor et viktig strukturerende prinsipp i hans ... -
Mellom dialog og identitet: Pave Frans om kirkens møte med miljøutfordringene
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)In 2015 Pope Francis published the encyclica Laudato Si, which discusses the challenges related to ecology and climate change. The pope maintains that the present crisis is created by what he calls the technological paradigm, ... -
"Mitt rike er ikke av denne verden". Om forholdet mellom nåde og politikk
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Jesus presents a demanding ethics and at the same time accepts sinners seemingly without any conditions. Luther integrates this perspective by maintaining both the absolute demands of the law and the unconditional gift of ... -
Negativ teologi og Kristus-mystikk hos Martin Luther
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På Luthers vis: om den sakssvarende bibellesnings forutsetninger og implikasjoner
Alfsvåg, Knut (Journal article, 2015)I sin bibellesning var Luther spesielt opptatt av bibeltekstens evne til å formidle Guds egenskaper til leseren. Inkarnasjonen som det sentrale innhold i den bibelske fortelling informerer de metaforer som formidler den, ... -
The rationality of madness: Did Plato, Cusanus and Kierkegaard get it right?
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Modern psychiatry has arguably been taken captive by the philosophical presuppositions of modernity to the extent that its descriptions of mental illness appear unstable and susceptible to misuse. Foucault pointed to ... -
Resonans på nådens frekvens: Luthersk antropologi som sjelesørgerisk utgangspunkt
Alfsvåg, Knut (Journal article, 2017)Luther er blitt kritisert for å ha en svært negativ antropologi, samtidig som han utfoldet en rik sjelesørgerisk praksis. Sammenhengen er at han fokuserer benådningens diskontinuitet og ordets makt svært sterkt. Troens ... -
The role of confirmation in christian initiation
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The relation between baptism, chrismation, and first communion has developed differently in different denominations. An important characteristic of this development is the establishment of confirmation as a separate rite ... -
Sharing Friends and Foes: On the Relation between Nicholas Cusanus and Martin Luther
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The significance of participation in transcendence in Luther and Przywara
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Plato and Aristotle understood phenomena to be knowable to the extent that they participate in the reality of the unchangeable, and this attitude was appropriated by the church fathers as a way of exploring the world’s ...