End of the World and the Ends of God Science and Theology on Eschatology

Name: End of the World and the Ends of God Science and Theology on Eschatology
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ISBN: 9781563383120

ISBN-10: 1563383128

ISBN-13: 9781563383120

Edition: 2000

Authors: John Polkinghome, Michael Welker, Polkinghorne

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 2/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Science and Theology on the End of the World and the Ends of God




Eschatology in the Natural Sciences: Catastrophes and Hope


Introduction: Eschatology and the Sciences




Scientific Accounts of Ultimate Catastrophes in Our Life-Bearing Universe




Eschatology: Some Questions and Some Insights from Science




The Lord of Time: Brain Theory and Eschatology




Subjective and Objective Hope: Propositional and Attitudinal Aspects of Eschatology




Eschatology in the Cultural Sciences and Ethics: The Shaping of Eschatological Thought


Introduction: Cultural Perspectives on Eschatology




Cultural Cosmology and the Impact of the Natural Sciences on Philosophy and Culture




The Ends of Man and the Future of God




Contingent Futures: Imagining the Ethics of Cosmology




The Church as a Cultural Space: Eschatology and Ecclesiology




Time as a Moral Space: Moral Cosmologies, Creation, and Last Judgement




Eschatology in the Biblical Traditions: Themes of the End-Time


Introduction: Reading the Bible with "the End" in View




Faith at the Nullpunkt




Judgment and Joy




Christian Hope and the Denial of Death: Encountering New Testament Eschatology




Hope and Creation




Eschatology in Theology and Spirituality: Hope and Eternal Life


Introduction: Realistic Eschatology




Our Reasons for Hope




Eschatology without a Future?




Is There Life after Death?




Enter into Joy! Sin, Death, and the Life of the World to Come




Resurrection and Eternal Life: The Canonic Memory of the Resurrected Christ, His Reality, and His glory



Appendix: Metaphor and Reality



Contributors


Index