Ruben Rosario Rodriguez: Barth, Moltmann, and Reformed Christology

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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In this session, Dr. Ruben Rosario Rodriguez provides an overview of Reformed Christology, focusing on the theological contributions of two key 20th century Reformed theologians: Karl Barth and Jürgen Moltmann. He begins by introducing the Reformed tradition's historical roots in 16th century Calvinism and its emphasis on social responsibility. It then examines Barth's Christocentric theology, which emphasizes God's transcendence and self-revelation in Christ as the only source of knowledge about God. Barth rejected liberal Protestantism's subjective approach and insisted on Christ as the center of all theology. He then transitions to Moltmann, whose theology developed in the shadow of the Holocaust. Moltmann rejected the doctrine of divine impassibility, arguing that God suffers with humanity, particularly through Christ on the cross. His Trinitarian theology emphasizes God as a community of equals and has political implications, including the church's responsibility to critique society and work toward justice. Both theologians maintain that Christ's suffering reveals God's solidarity with the oppressed and offers hope for transformation. You can WATCH the conversation on YouTube Join the class & watch Ruben's lecture-> The Many Faces of Christ Today! Theology Beer Camp | St. Paul, MN | October 16-18, 2025 3 Days of Craft Nerdiness with 50+ Theologians & God-Pods and 600 new friends. ONLINE CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT: The Many Faces of Christ Today The question Jesus asked his disciples still resonates today: "Who do you say that I am?" Join our transformative 5-week online learning community as we explore a rich tapestry of contemporary Christologies. Experience how diverse theological voices create a compelling vision of Jesus Christ for today's world. Expand your spiritual horizons. Challenge your assumptions. Enrich your faith. As always, the class is donation-based (including 0), so head over to ManyFacesOfChrist.com for more details and to sign up! _____________________ Hang with 40+ Scholars & Podcasts and 600 people at Theology Beer Camp 2025 (Oct. 16-18) in St. Paul, MN. This podcast is a Homebrewed Christianity production. Follow the Homebrewed Christianity, Theology Nerd Throwdown, & The Rise of Bonhoeffer podcasts for more theological goodness for your earbuds. Join over 80,000 other people by joining our Substack - Process This! Get instant access to over 45 classes at www.TheologyClass.com Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Wow. What is up, everybody? This is Tripp, and I'm here with my friend Rubin.
0:08.5	And we're going to do something, you know, I don't do very often.
0:13.1	Ruben, reform, geology.
0:17.9	I understand.
0:20.0	That's good. That's good. It sends a chill down many of That's good.
0:21.0	That's good.
0:21.4	It sends a chill down many of people's spy.
0:26.2	Well, this is the first live stream Q&A for the many faces of Christ's class, which we got sent in a bunch of really cool questions for people that watched Ruben's
0:40.1	intro to reform Christology. I already put one up that's kind of just a general intro to
0:44.5	Christology. So we got a stack of fun questions. And if you want to join up and go watch the
0:51.7	lectures or if you're in the class and haven't watched them yet, then you don't want to miss out.
0:57.4	And this weekend addition to the lecture, Rubin also selected some reading from Carl Barge Church Dogmatics, which, you know, it is, it takes of a large part of my shelf.
1:11.6	And I don't pull it out that often after my qualifying exam, Rubin.
1:15.8	And a much superior book from my perspective, Yerga Moltman's crucified God.
1:23.2	But that's what we're going to be doing the day.
1:25.9	But before we, before we get going,
1:30.2	some people will have heard our conversation on the podcast, Rubin,
1:34.5	but maybe the way to let them get to know a bit about you
1:39.5	is to, is to, is to the kind of give us a brief little bio as to how you became a reformed theologian of church.
1:52.4	Well, it started in Puerto Rico where I was born. My grandmother, for a variety of reasons,
2:00.6	left the Catholic Church, was looking for a home, a church home.
2:06.0	And at the time in the early to mid-1940s, this is ancient history, wait before I was born.
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