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Meaning of scandal of particularity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The paradox inherent in the idea of a particular individual human (Jesus of Nazareth) incarnating the eternal divine God.

Examples

“1994: A materialism […] was supposed to be what science favoured: and the ‘scandal of particularity’, God becoming incarnate in Christ in human history, was indeed regarded as a scandal — that is, absurd — by contemporary intellectuals. — Richard Swinburne, Reason and the Christian Religion (Oxford 1994, p. 1)”

“2006: Reformed theologians look to the scandal of particularity as a way of naming how the unknowable God is known to us. — Cynthia L Rigby, ‘Scandalous Presence’, Feminist and Womanist Essays in Reformed Dogmatics (John Knox 2006, p. 59)”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

scandal sheet scandalette scandalism scandalization Scandalize Scandalized