This paper examines the concept of sovereign agency in Nygren’s agapic theology. I argue that Nygren’s theology is structured by a voluntarist-inspired idealization of sovereignty that in effect precludes a viable agapic theory of alterity. ‘Otherness’ plays no essential role in Nygren’s subject-centred ethic. George Grant’s profound meditations on ‘otherness’ in Technology and Justice and other late works will provide the critical perspective for my reading of Nygren and agapist theology in general.

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自愿主义和爱：格兰特和尼格伦关于阿加佩和爱神

本文考察了 Nygren 的 agapic 神学中主权代理的概念。我认为 Nygren 的神学是由自愿主义者启发的主权理想化构成的，这实际上排除了可行的 agapic 他异性理论。“他者性”在 Nygren 以主题为中心的伦理中没有发挥重要作用。乔治格兰特在技术和正义以及其他后期作品中对“他者”的深刻思考将为我阅读 Nygren 和泛神论神学提供批判性的视角。