Coming of God : Christian Eschatology,9780800636661

Coming of God : Christian Eschatology

by Moltmann, Jurgen
ISBN13: 9780800636661
ISBN10: 080063666X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-05-01
Publisher(s): Augsburg Fortress Pub
List Price: $29.00

Buy New

Special Order. We will make every effort to obtain this item but cannot guarantee stock or timing.
$28.97
Add to Cart

Rent Book

Select for Price
Add to Cart
There was a problem. Please try again later.

Used Book

We're Sorry
Sold Out

eBook

We're Sorry
Not Available

Table of Contents

Preface x
Abbreviations xviii
Translator's Note xx
I The Coming God 1(46)
Eschatology Today
§ 1 The Transposition of Eschatology into Time
6(7)
1. Prophetic Theology
7(1)
2. Albert Schweitzer
7(3)
3. Oscar Cullmann
10(3)
§2 The Transposition of Eschatology into Eternity
13(9)
1. Karl Barth
13(3)
2. Paul Althaus
16(3)
3. Rudolf Bultmann
19(3)
S3 The Eschatology of the Coming God
22(7)
1. The Coming God
23(2)
2. Future or Advent?
25(2)
3. The Category Novum
27(2)
§4 The Rebirth of Messianic Thinking in Judaism
29(20)
1. Ernst Bloch: 'The Spirit of Utopia' (1918)
30(3)
2. Franz Rosenzweig: 'The Star of Redemption' (1921)
33(3)
3. Gershom Scholem: 'The Messianic Idea in Judaism' (1959)
36(2)
4. Walter Benjamin: 'Theses on the Philosophy of History' (1940)
38(3)
5. Jacob Taubes and Karl Löwith: 'Western Eschatology' (1947) - A Theological Continuation or an Ecological Farewell?
41(3)
6. The Redemption of the Future from the Power of History
44(3)
II Eternal Life 47(82)
Personal Eschatology
§ 1 Loved Life and Death
49(9)
1. Is Death 'the Finish'?
49(3)
2. Was this life all there is?
52(2)
3. Suppressed Death - Reduced Life
54(4)
§2 The Immortality of the Soul or the Resurrection of the Body?
58(19)
1. The Immortal Soul and the Unlived Life
58(7)
(a) The soul as divine substance
58(3)
(b) The soul as transcendental subject
61(2)
(c) The soul as the kernel of existence
63(2)
2. The Raising of the Body and the Life Everlasting
65(6)
3. The Immortality of the Lived Life
71(6)
§3 Is Death the Consequence of Sin or Life's Natural End?
77(19)
1. Biblical Experiences
78(7)
2. The Church's Doctrine about the Death of the Sinner
85(2)
3. The Modern Notion about a 'Natural Death'
87(3)
4. The Mortality of Temporal Creation
90(3)
5. Violent Death
93(3)
§4 Where are the Dead?
96(23)
1. The Doctrine of Purgatory
96(5)
2. The Doctrine of the Soul's Sleep
101(1)
3. Is there a Resurrection at Death?
102(2)
4. The Fellowship of Christ with the Living and the Dead
104(6)
(a) Do the dead have time in the fellowship of Christ?
105(1)
(b) Do the dead have space in the fellowship of Christ?
106(1)
(c) The community with the dead
107(3)
5. Do we Live on Earth only Once?
110(6)
6. The Future of the Spoiled Life: Some Personal Thoughts
116(3)
§5 Death, Mourning and Consolation
119(12)
1. Experiences of Mourning in Modern Society
119(3)
2. Mourning and Melancholia: A Discussion with Sigmund Freud
122(4)
3. The Rebirth to Life
126(3)
III The Kingdom of God
Historical Eschatology
129(2)
§ 1 The Apocalypse of History
131(126)
1. Political Eschatology
131(3)
2. Apocalyptic Eschatology
134(7)
3. Eschatological Orders of Time in History
141(5)
§ 2 Messianic Eschatology: 'The Thousand Years' Empire'
146(1)
1. Pre-millenarianism and Jewish Messianism
147(3)
2. Christian Millenarianism
150(6)
3. The Post-Reformation Rebirth of Messianic Eschatology
156(3)
§ 3 Political Millenarianism: 'The Holy Empire'
159(1)
1. The Messianic Turn from Persecution to Domination: Constantine and the Consequences
159(2)
2. Political Millenarianism: 'The Holy Empire'
161(4)
3. Millenarian Christianity and its Mission of Violence
165(3)
§ 4 Political Millenarianism: 'The Redeemer Nation'
168(2)
1. 'The Chosen People'
170(1)
2. The Rebirth of the Nation out of Sacrificial Death
171(1)
3. 'The Manifest Destiny'
172(3)
4. The Great Experiment
175(3)
§ 5 Ecclesiastical Millenarianism: 'The Mother and Preceptress of the Nations'
178(1)
1. Roma aeterna
178(3)
2. Societas perfecta
181(1)
3. 'Ruling with Christ'
182(2)
§ 6 Epochal Millenarianism: The Birth of 'Modern Times' out of the Spirit of Messianic Hope
184(8)
§ 7 Is Millenarian Eschatology Necessary?
192(1)
1. Historical Millenarianism No - Eschatological Millenarianism Yes
192(2)
2. The Sufferings and Future of Christ
194(2)
3. Hope for Israel
196(3)
4. What is 'Timely' Today?
199(3)
§ 8 End-Times of Human History: Exterminism
202(2)
1. The Nuclear End-Time: Methods of Mass Extermination
204(4)
2. The Ecological End-Time: The Destruction of the Earth
208(3)
3. The Economic End-Time: The Impoverishment of the Third World
211(5)
4. Is Exterminism Apocalyptic?
216(2)
§ 9 'The End of History': Post-historic Prophets
218(8)
§ 10 Is Apocalyptic Eschatology Necessary?
226(9)
§ 11 The Restoration of All Things
235(22)
1. 'The Last Judgment' and its Ambivalent Outcome
235(2)
2. The Return of the Doctrine of Universal Salvation
237(3)
3. The Dispute about the Bible: Pro and Contra Universalism
240(3)
4. The Theological Argument about Universal Salvation and the Double Outcome of Judgment
243(3)
5. Double Predestination or God's Universal Election?
246(4)
6. Christ's Descent into Hell and the Restoration of All Things
250(7)
IV New Heaven - New Earth
Cosmic Eschatology
257(64)
§ 1 The Future of Creation - Sabbath and Shekinah
261(6)
§ 2 The Annihilation of the World or its Consummation?
267(12)
1. The Annihilation of the World
268(2)
2. The Transformation of the World
270(2)
3. The Deification of the World
272(3)
4. The Good Earth: Ecofeminism
275(2)
5. The New Earth: Eschatological Ecology
277(2)
§ 3 The End of Time in the Eternity of God
279(17)
1. The Time of Creation
280(4)
2. The Times of History
284(8)
3. The Fulfilment of Time
292(4)
§ 4 The End of Space in the Presence of God
296(12)
1. The Space of Creation
296(6)
2. Historical Spaces of God's Indwellings
302(4)
3. The Fulfilment of Space in the Presence of God
306(2)
§ 5 The Cosmic Temple: The Heavenly Jerusalem
308(13)
1. The Earthly and the Heavenly Jerusalem
308(3)
2. Jerusalem and Babylon/Rome
311(2)
3. The City of God: Crystal Temple and Garden City
313(2)
4. The Peoples of God
315(2)
5. God's Cosmic Shekinah
317
V Glory
Divine Eschatology
321(20)
§ 1 The Self-Glorification of God
324(2)
§ 2 The Self-Realization of God
326(4)
§ 3 Interactions between Divine and Human Activity
330(6)
S 4 The Fulness of God and the Feast of Eternal Joy
336(5)
Notes 341(44)
Index of Names 385

An electronic version of this book is available through VitalSource.

This book is viewable on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and most smartphones.

By purchasing, you will be able to view this book online, as well as download it, for the chosen number of days.

Digital License

You are licensing a digital product for a set duration. Durations are set forth in the product description, with "Lifetime" typically meaning five (5) years of online access and permanent download to a supported device. All licenses are non-transferable.

More details can be found here.

A downloadable version of this book is available through the eCampus Reader or compatible Adobe readers.

Applications are available on iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Mobile platforms.

Please view the compatibility matrix prior to purchase.