A Theology of Divine Calling in Light of Karl Barth, A.N. Whitehead, and Meister Eckhart’s Theological Forms

<p>This dissertation aims to show how divine calling can be considered a multifaceted reality. The theory of divine calling includes God, humans, the content of the call, and the interaction between God and humans. It embraces a wide range of data: theology, anthropology, metaphysical considerations, and subjective experience. As this dissertation wants to understand divine calling in a multifaceted way, this dissertation examines it from three different perspectives. The theology/philosophy of Karl Barth, A. N. Whitehead, and Meister Eckhart is utilized. They represent three distinctive theological forms: revelational, metaphysical, and experiential. This dissertation studies their theology/philosophy according to their forms and creates conservations among them so that they can mutually illuminate each other. A theology of divine calling is constructed by cross-examining the insights from the three perspectives. Lastly, this dissertation concludes that the divine calling is an ontological relation between God and humans. It can be understood from two perspectives. From the divine perspective, the entire Trinity involves the divine call. God evolves with humans in the cycle of divine call. From the human perspective, humans interact with the divine call and experience the transfiguration of identity.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Religion, PhD

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Arts and Humanities

Year dc:date.available

2022

Author dc:creator

• Cheung, Kin Ting Caleb

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kevin Wolfe
• Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen

• Barth
• call
• calling
• Eckhart
• form
• Whitehead
• Religion
• Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/413

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarship.claremont.edu:cgu_etd-1405