As the detrimental effects of human agency loom large in the ‘Anthropocene’, theologians and philosophers have called for restraint by invoking the concept of kenosis. Although a ‘self-emptying’ form of life helps to counter the ways that humans are increasingly driving other species to extinction, we argue that such calls are often compromised by relying on notions of the Creator’s own attenuated or self-limited agency. They therefore trade in a competitive construal that is susceptible to the tendency of human agency to either displace, or project itself upon, all other agencies, inadvertently perpetuating the ‘human epoch’. In their place, we critically develop the new direction in kenotic theology that speaks of divine self-realization in history through ‘deep incarnation’. Our constructive proposal argues for a more thoroughgoing recognition of both the transcendence of divine agency and, as a corollary, the diverse agencies of our fellow creatures.

由于人类活动在“人类世”中产生的有害影响很大，因此神学家和哲学家呼吁通过采用“ kenosis”（克索病）的概念来克制自己。尽管“自我空虚”的生活形式有助于抵制人类日益驱使其他物种灭绝的方式，但我们认为，这种呼吁常常因依靠创造者自己的衰落或自我限制机构的观念而受到损害。因此，他们以竞争性的合约进行交易，这种竞争的合约容易受到人类代理人趋向于取代或投射于所有其他代理人的趋势的影响，而无意间延续了“人类时代”。取而代之的是，我们批判性地提出了动能神学的新方向，即通过“深化身”体现了历史上神性的自我实现。