Date of Award
12-1977
Document Type
Dissertation - Restricted
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Theology
First Advisor
W. Taylor Stevenson
Second Advisor
Robert M. Doran
Third Advisor
Matthew L. Lamb
Fourth Advisor
Keith J. Egan
Fifth Advisor
Coert Rylaarsdam
Abstract
The problem this dissertation focuses on is this: Does Wolfhart Pannenberg have a theology of image and imagination? In order to answer this question an investigative procedure is used. Four key areas of Pannenberg's theology are examined in order to discern the content and nature of his treatment of image and imagination in them. These four areas are: anthropology, Christology, eschatology, and methodology. A chapter is devoted to each of these subjects. In the chapter on Pannenberg's methodology a set of criteria is developed by which to judge what factors are necessary in order to make the assertion that Pannenberg has a theology of some given subject. In the final chapter these criteria are applied to image and imagination; this results in the affirmative assertion that Pannenberg does indeed have a theology of image and imagination.