Fünf Thesenpapiere von Falk Wagner

Falk Wagner (1939–1998) was the leading Hegelian in late 20th century German Protestant theology. Wagner who had studied philosophy with Theodor W. Adorno and Wolfgang Cramer in Frankfurt am Main and Systematic Theology with Wolfhart Pannenberg at the University of Mainz taught Systematic Theology at the Universities of Munich and, since 1988, Vienna. He published several influential books. In his lectures and seminars he frequently handed out short theory papers to his students which should serve as the basis for debate. The five texts presented here for the first time deal with the problems of individual in society and of the modern history of theology, with the doctrine of God (creator and trinity), with the significance of the Bible for the systematic theology and finally with the concept of „Subjektivität“ in G. W. F. Hegel’s philosophy. These texts are an essential source for the development of Wagner’s thought when teaching at the university of Munich until 1988.

Wolfhart Pannenberg, Openness to the World, and the Sensus Divinitatis

One of the foundational concepts for Wolfhart Pannenberg’s theological anthropology is his notion of ‘openness to the world.’ Openness to the world, according to Pannenberg, is essential to human identity in that one’s identity is established in their openness to the world, to the other, and, ultimately, to God. I aim to bring Pannenberg’s openness to the world into dialogue with the concept of the sensus divinitatis as articulated by John Calvin and further developed by Alvin Plantinga. The question driving this paper is whether or not Pannenberg’s openness to the world can rightly be understood as the sensus divinitatis, and, if so, what might be some benefits of it. I conclude that Pannenberg’s understanding of openness to the world is a fruitful way of understanding the sensus divinitatis and a fruitful way of arguing for and explaining humanity’s innate knowledge of God.

Teologi Kebangkitan: Mengkaji Kembali Pemikiran Wolfhart Panenberg Tentang Kebangkitan

This article examines the theology of resurrection: rethinking the thought of Wolfhart Pannenberg about resurrection. Resurrection is the centre of Pannenberg theology. In his views, the bible should be approached in a historical approach and the resurrection is the climax of incarnation since the incarnation was progressive. The method is a qualitative method with a literature approach. The author will describe Pannenberg’s thought, after that the author will evaluate his thought, and last the author will give argumentations. As the result, histories were written in the bible because of revelation, the resurrection was not the climax of the incarnation. Bible did not agree with the progressive incarnation, and the death of Jesus was not a catastrophe. The conclusion, Bible should be approached in a revelation approach, Jesus as fully God from eternity to eternity. Bible does not have internal testimony that incarnation was progressive. The death of Jesus is penal substitution. Artikel ini membahas tentang Teologi Kebangkitan: Mengkaji ulang pemikiran Wolfhart Pannenberg tentang kebangkitan. Kebangkitan merupakan sentral dari teologi Pannenberg. Dalam pandangan Pannenberg, Alkitab harus dipelajari dengan pendekatan historis dan kebangkitan merupakan klimaks dari inkarnasi. Metode yang digunakan metode kualiatas dengan pendekatan studi Pustaka. Pertama penulis akan deskripsikan pemikiran Pannenberg, selanjutanya penulis akan mengkaji ulang pemikirannya dan terakhir penulis akan memberikan argumentasi. Hasilnya, sejarah ditulis dalam Alkitab karena pewahyuan, kebangkitan bukan klimaks inkarnasi, Alkitab tidak menyetujui inkaranis progresif dan kematian Yesus Kristus bukan sebuah catastrophe. Kesimpulannya, mempelajari Alkitab harus menggunakan pendekatan wahyu, Yesus Kristus adalah Allah dari kekekalan sampai kekekalan, Alkitab tidak memiliki kesaksian internal mengenai inkarnasi progresif, dan kematian Yesus adalah penal substitusi.