scandal of particularity
nounEtymology
Calque of German Ärgernis der Einmaligkeit
- derived from Ärgernis der Einmaligkeit
Definitions
The paradox inherent in the idea of a particular individual human (Jesus of Nazareth)…
The paradox inherent in the idea of a particular individual human (Jesus of Nazareth) incarnating the eternal divine God.
- 2006: Reformed theologians look to the scandal of particularity as a way of naming how the unknowable God is known to us. — Cynthia L Rigby, ‘Scandalous Presence’, Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics (John Knox 2006, p. 59)
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for scandal of particularity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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