Eschatology as Imagining the End Faith between Hope and Despair Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies Series
Coordonnateur : Bergmann Sigurd
As society becomes more concerned with the future of our planet, the study of apocalypse and eschatology become increasingly pertinent. Whether religious or not, peoples? views on this topic can have a profound effect on their attitudes to issues such as climate change and social justice and so it cannot be ignored. This book investigates how different approaches in historical and contemporary Christian theology make sense in reflecting about the final things, or the eschata, and why it is so important to consider their multi-faceted impact on our lives.
A team of Nordic scholars analyse historical and contemporary eschatological thinking in a broad range of sources from theology and other related disciplines, such as moral philosophy, art history and literature. Specific social and environmental challenges, such as the Norwegian Breivik massacre in 2011, climatic change narratives and the ambiguity of discourses about euthanasia are investigated in order to demonstrate the complexity and significance of modes of thinking about the end times.
This book addresses the theology of the end of the world in a more serious academic tone than it is usually afforded. As such, it will be of great interest to academics working in eschatology, practical theology, religious studies and the philosophy of religion.
1 What Images of the Last Things Do to Us: Introductory Remarks on Why Eschatology Matters2 Fear of the Future and Theology of Hope 3 The Revelations of Global Climate Change: A Petro-Eschatology 4 Euthanasia: Does Eschatology Matter? 5 Time Turned into Space – At Home on Earth: Wanderings in Eschatological Spatiality6 Looking For a Miracle: On the Point of Eschatology 7 Beyond the Limit of Time: A New Quest for Hope 8 Back to the Future 9 Enlightened to Eternity
Sigurd Bergmann is Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. His interests include theology, studies of religion and the environment, and religion, arts and architecture, and he has published multiple books and articles including, Religion, Space & the Environment (2014), Religion in the Anthropocene (2017), God in Context (2013), and In the Beginning Is the Icon (2009).
Date de parution : 08-2020
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 06-2018
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème d’Eschatology as Imagining the End :
Mots-clés :
Young Man; Professional Health Care Programmes; Eschatology and the Images of the End; Black Snake; Sigurd Bergmann; Beach Boulevard; Eschatology; Book Man; Theology; Human Suffering; Apocalypse; Standing Rock Sioux Reservation; Revelation; Eschatology Matters; Christianity; Process Eschatology; Bibilical Studies; Poor Working Class Neighbourhood; Practical theology; Creatio Nova; Climate Change; Creatio Continua; Euthanasia; Contemporary Society; Nordic; Standing Rock; Faith; Creatio Originalis; Paul Leer-Salvesen; Gustaf Wingren; Marion Grau; Apostolic Creed; Tage Kurtén; Ars Moriendi; Kjetil Hafstad; Sven Delblanc; Cristina Grenholm; Sacred Allegory; Carl Reinhold Bråkenhielm; Lutheran World Federation; Theodor Jørgensen; Objective Divine Action; Edward Broadbridge; Total Hope