Back Gott-ist-tot-Theologie German Teología de la muerte de Dios Spanish Théologie de la mort de Dieu French Teologia della morte di Dio Italian 사신신학 Korean Teologia da morte de Deus Portuguese Teologia morții lui Dumnezeu Romanian Gud-är-död-teologi Swedish Теологія смерті Бога Ukrainian
Death of God theology refers to a range of ideas by various theologians and philosophers that try to account for the rise of secularity and abandonment of traditional beliefs in God. They posit that God has either ceased to exist or in some way accounted for such a belief.[1]
Although philosophers since Friedrich Nietzsche have occasionally used the phrase "God is dead" to reflect increasing unbelief in God, the concept rose to prominence in the late 1950s and 1960s, before waning again.[1]
The Death of God movement is sometimes technically referred to as theothanatology, deriving from the Greek theos (God) and thanatos (death). The main proponents of this radical theology included the Christian theologians Gabriel Vahanian, Paul Van Buren, Dorothee Sölle, William Hamilton, John Robinson, Thomas J. J. Altizer, Mark C. Taylor, John D. Caputo, Peter Rollins, and the rabbi Richard L. Rubenstein.