God has to be called by his name. But which name to use, and how to use it, and what happens when using it, has always been a point of contention. This volume contains articles written from the perspective of exegetics and religious studies. They then explore the prospective areas in which the name of God can presently be understood and used responsibly.

Deus definiri nequit, God cannot be defined, is seen as a rule of language and of thought in theology. Deus nominari nequit however does not apply. God has to be called by his name, since otherwise he would remain unsaid, and nothing would be more inappropriate. But which name to use, and how to use it, and what happens when using it, has always been a point of contention. This volume contains articles written from the perspective of exegetics and religious studies. Against this backdrop, the authors deal with the Septuagint, the New Testament and the Christological concentration on the question of the name. Based on this compact concentration, they then explore the prospective areas in which the name of God can presently be understood and used responsibly. These studies take us from negative theology to the relationship between trinity and tetragram and up to the infinity of the name with the goal of naming God and not letting him remain nameless, since the name of God is the basic phenomenon of Christian theology - and of any Christian theology which wants to remain one.

Autorentext
Geboren 1948; 1977 Promotion; 1982 Habilitation; Professor Emeritus für Systematische Theologie, Symbolik und Religionsphilosophie an der Universität Zürich; Danforth Professor Emeritus für Religionsphilosophie an der Claremont Graduate University in Kalifornien. ist Professor für Systematische Theologie/Dogmatik und Religionsphilosophie an der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg und Leiter der Forschungsstätte der Evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft in Heidelberg.

Inhalt
Ingolf U. Dalferth und Philipp Stoellger: Einleitung: Die Namen Gottes, 'Gott' als Name und der Name Gottes
I Gottesnamen
Christoph Uehlinger: Arbeit an altorientalischen Gottesnamen.Theonomastik im Spannungsfeld von Sprache, Schrift und Textpragmatik - Friedhelm Hartenstein: Die Geschichte JHWHs im Spiegel seiner Namen - Erhard Blum: Der vermeintliche Gottesname 'Elohim' - Albert de Pury: Wie und wann wurde 'der Gott' zu 'Gott' - Kristin de Troyer: The Pronunciation of the Names of God. With Some Notes Regarding nomina sacra - Samuel Vollenweider: 'Der Name, der über jedem anderen Namen ist'. Jesus als Träger des Gottesnamens im Neuen Testament
II Gott Nennen
Lieven Boeve: Negative Theology and Theological Hermeneutics: The Particularity of Naming God - Heinrich Assel: Eliminierter Name. Unendlichkeit Gottes zwischen Trinität und Tetragramm - Philipp Stoellger: 'Im Namen Gottes'. Der Name als Figur des Dritten zwischen Metapher und Begriff - Günter Bader: Das Unendlichkleine des Namens