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Towards a new natural theology based on horizontal transcendence
Abstract
Consequently natural theology today must start ‘from below’ with a new anthropology that refl ects the worldview of our time. As a result the article rejects absolute transcendence, replacing it with a horizontal transcendence that accords with humans’ biological makeup and with presentday scientifi c thinking. In the framework of horizontal transcendence the pivotal problem of the human condition is no longer death, but life. This has radical implications for theological thinking.
The example used in the article is the impact this has on Paul’s theological method. Examples of theology centring on the problem of life are discussed briefl y with reference to Girard, Žižek and Vattimo.
