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Variations on the "Death of God" Theme in Recent Theology F. THOMAS TROTTER T HE expression "the death of God" is now well established in the theological vocabulary.

Widespread use in publication points to the popularity if not the precise definition of the term. Bishop J. A. T. Robinson's Honest to Godl has brought the theme into the busy pastor's study and even into the mass-media periodicals. As an expression, the "death of God" is very much alive. In a time of widespread "religiosity," the possibility of serious discussion of the theme is hampered by lack of precision in definition. One observes both panic in the face of "atheism" on the part of defenders of orthodoxy, and uncritical enthusiasm for the expression on the part of dilettanti. Forensic alarms from the former and superficial slogans from the latter serve only to obscure the truly serious issues in the new situation in theology. The variations on the theme of the "death of God" - absence, disappearance, silence,......

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