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The commandment of love in Kierkegaard and Caputo
Alfsvåg, Knut (Journal article, 2014)What is the relation between the gospel of unconditional grace and the commandment of unconditional love, and what are the conditions for realizing the commandment when a Christian world view can no longer be taken for ... -
Transhumanism, Truth and Equality: Does the Transhumanist Vision Make Sense?
Alfsvåg, Knut (Journal article, 2015)Transhumanism maintains that technology will allow humans to develop beyond all known limits. This essay maintains that this entails both an epistemology and an anthropology that are inherently inconsistent. As an allegedly ... -
TYSK HELT ELLER ØKUMENISK KIRKELÆRER? Hovedtrekk fra 250 års Luther-forskning
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Artikkelen ønsker først og fremst å gi en oversikt over hovedlinjer i tysk Luther-forskning. De grunnleggende tolkningsparadigmer etableres allerede på slutten av 1700-tallet: Luther forstås delvis som en som frigjorde ... -
The unintended church: The movement for church unity and the establishment of the Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church in Japan
Matsuda, Seiich; Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)When Norwegian Lutheran missionaries first came to Japan early in the 1950’s, they had no plans of establishing a separate Lutheran Church. There was already a well-established Lutheran Church in Japan, and the intention ... -
Unknowability and Incarnation: Creation and Christology as Philosophy of Science in the Work of Nicholas Cusanus.
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Nicholas Cusanus contributed to the development of modern science through a philosophy of unknowability, according to which the fact that the world makes sense is interpreted as a gift from the Creator, and the fact that ... -
Vær da fullkomne! Bergprekenen og den kristnes liv i verden ifølge Luther
Alfsvåg, Knut (Chapter, 2017)Bergprekenen er en sentral tolkningsutfordring for enhver bibellærer. De fleste vil være enige om at Det nye testamentes grunnleggende budskap handler om nåde og frelse. Samtidig handler Bergprekenen, som er den mest ... -
“With God all things are possible” – Luther and Kierkegaard on the relation between immutability, necessity and possibility
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)If God is eternal, he is immutable and his relationship with the world is without change. Luther and Kierkegaard agree that this is the case, but disagree whether the idea of necessity adequately captures God’s relationship ... -
The wrath of a disappointed lover: On Luther’s attitude toward the jews
Alfsvåg, Knut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Martin Luther is one of the most influential thinkers in the history of the Christian Church. 500 years ago this year, he published his 95 theses on indulgence, which launched one of the most remarkable revival movements ...