Indwelling the Forsaken Other: The Trinitarian Ethics of Jurgen Moltmann: 3 (Distinguished Dissertations in Christian Theology)

Indwelling the Forsaken Other is a critical reading of Jurgen Moltmanns ethics of discipleship. While Moltmanns notable turn to the inner life of the Trinity as a source for his reflections on the life of the church is influential it is not without problems. The call emerging from Moltmanns reflection upon Trinitarian life--to copy God in our relationships--may offer some general direction for our actions; however it also raises several questions. Two important questions for this work are In what way are we to copy God? and What conditions make it possible to copy God? Moltmanns answers to these questions are insufficient and consequently he fails to protect the difference between Creator and creation in his analogia relationis. As a result the ethical direction of Moltmanns work seems to be increasingly muddied and at best paradoxical.