"The Theology of Sacrament and Jurgen Moltmann's Theology of Hope" by Gail M. Wolkerstorfer
 

Date of Award

4-1971

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Theology

Abstract

Jurgen Moltmann does not develop a sacramental theology. His terminology does not include such words as "sacrament", "worship", "cult", with any frequency or regularity. His whole theology is developed on the basis of eschatology, the primacy of the future which alone gives meaning to the past and present. Traditionally, sacramentality has meant the celebration of the somehow present transcendent, and the celebration of man's relationship to that transcendent. Because of his understanding of the nature of God as future, of God as the being who is not yet fully God, the questions are asked whether Moltmann's theology of hope could contain such a notion as sacramentality, or any practical understanding of communal worship. Since, for Moltmann, salvation has not yet been accomplished, since God is not yet fully God, since Christ's future is still to come, and since the history of man is open, then how could a community be united in faith, and how could that faith community participate in any sacramenta~ celebration? When all things are considered, is there, in fact, no room in this schema for any genuine sacramental theology?

Comments

Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in the Department of Theology Marquette University. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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