Reframing God: John Caputo as theologian

Abstract

This article draws upon the work of John Caputo to explore ways of reframing faith in God in a manner congruent with a postmodern sensibility. The heart of this shift lies in moving away from an ontological starting point that objectifies the being of God, towards an attempt to analyse the lived experience of faith in terms of an orientation to ‘the impossible’, an existential response to a call, and the embrace of radical uncertainty in pursuit of a transformed world. The article concludes that this is not atheism; God is profiled in terms of promise, call and event.