The Last Things: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Eschatology. (Briefly Noted).The nine essays by biblical, systematic, and historical theologians in The Last Things: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Eschatology eschatology Theological doctrine of the “last things,” or the end of the world. Mythological eschatologies depict an eternal struggle between order and chaos and celebrate the eternity of order and the repeatability of the origin of the world. , edited by Carl E. Braaten and Robert W. Jensen (Eerdmans, $16), seek to rehabilitate futurist eschatology on the basis of biblical eschatology, especially in its apocalyptic form. Wolfhart Pannenberg Wolfhart Pannenberg (born on 2 October 1928 in Stettin (Szczecin, Poland)) is a German Christian theologian. Life and views Pannenberg was baptized as an infant into the Evangelical (Lutheran) Church, but otherwise had virtually no contact with the church in his early and the editors introduce the subject, stressing the challenges eschatology raises for the modem mind, while pointing to its essential relation to the gospel. Paul D. Hanson Paul D. Hanson (born November 17, 1939) is an American biblical scholar, since 1987 Florence Corliss Lamont Professor of Divinity at Harvard University. He was previously Bussey Professor of Divinity (1981-1987). and Arland J. Hultgren discuss Old and New Testament apocalyptic themes, while David Novak compares Jewish and Christian views of history. There follow discussions of the ambiguous position of the Apocalypse in Eastern Orthodoxy (John A McGuckin), in Luther's views (Philip D. W. Krey), and in the light of modem science (George L. Murphy). Useful and clearly written, it is a good basis for rethinking the value of eschatological es·cha·tol·o·gy n. 1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind. 2. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second hope in the modem world. |
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