Divine Action and Dramatic Christology: A Rereading of Raymund Schwager’s Jesus in the Drama of Salvation

This article shows that and how Raymund Schwager’s five-act dramatic Christology is at the same time a theology of divine action takes Christological, personal, dialogical approach. Secondly, this develops methodological approach Jesus in Drama Salvation, which Schwager draws on Anselm Canterbury thus understands as an unfinishable project “conversion thought”. methodology developed further form continuous self-application theological insights to one’s own theology, so opens up ever new readings. In way, thirdly, Gospels direction biblically based dramatic-kairological phenomenology action. According this, God acts through by means events make kingdom present people exemplary pulling them out previous entanglements catastrophe placing situations beginnings. liberating towards salvation does not overwhelm free choice human beings, but places Kairoi, i.e., extraordinary times salvation, they are released actively accept offer favour salvific self-transformation, or reject aggravated way. On path described above, kairological God, mediated Jesus’ proclamation work Holy Spirit, grounded God’s creative incarnation Christ. way there emerges expanded sphere for personal action, embraces whole creation.