The Descent into Solidarity

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" The Descent into Solidarity "
Jonathan Cahill

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1073596
Doc. No	:	LA117225
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697312-00903015‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jonathan Cahill
Title & Author	:	The Descent into Solidarity [Article]\ Jonathan Cahill
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Reformed Theology
Date	:	2015
Volume/ Issue Number	:	9/3
Page No	:	237–248
Abstract	:	In the Apostle’s Creed, undoubtedly the most enigmatic phrase is Christ “descendit ad inferos,” descended into hell. After surveying various interpretations of the doctrine, this paper seeks to integrate the Reformed tradition’s view of the descent as the subjective experience of God-forsakenness with Hans Urs von Balthasar’s proposal that Christ entered into solidarity with the dead in hell with no hope of being found by God. The paper then draws three ethical implications from this reading of the descent: the importance of self-surrender, the necessity of solidarity with the oppressed and a chastened confidence towards the prospect for social change in our world. In the Apostle’s Creed, undoubtedly the most enigmatic phrase is Christ “descendit ad inferos,” descended into hell. After surveying various interpretations of the doctrine, this paper seeks to integrate the Reformed tradition’s view of the descent as the subjective experience of God-forsakenness with Hans Urs von Balthasar’s proposal that Christ entered into solidarity with the dead in hell with no hope of being found by God. The paper then draws three ethical implications from this reading of the descent: the importance of self-surrender, the necessity of solidarity with the oppressed and a chastened confidence towards the prospect for social change in our world.
Descriptor	:	descent into hell
Descriptor	:	Hans Urs von Balthasar
Descriptor	:	theological ethics
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697312-00903015‬