Troeltsch S Eschatological Absolute

Author : Evan F. Kuehn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780197506653

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Troeltsch's Eschatological Absolute by Evan F. Kuehn Pdf

""This study argues that the core of Ernst Troeltsch's theological project is an eschatological conception of the Absolute. Troeltsch developed his idea of the Absolute from post-Kantian religious and philosophical thought, and applied it to the Christian doctrine of eschatology. Troeltsch's eschatological Absolute must be understood in the context of questions being raised at the turn of the twentieth century by research on New Testament apocalypticism, as well as by modern critical methodologies in the historical sciences. The study is a revisionist response to common approaches to Troeltsch that read him as introducing problematic historicist and immanentist assumptions into Christian theology. Instead, it argues that Troeltsch's theological modernism presents a compelling account of the meaningfulness of history while retaining a commitment to divine transcendence that is unconditioned by history. As such, his theology remains relevant to theological research today, well beyond theological circles that normally take Troeltsch's legacy to contribute in a constructive way to their work. ""--

Author : Evan F. Kuehn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780197506660

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Troeltsch's Eschatological Absolute by Evan F. Kuehn Pdf

Ernst Troeltsch is widely recognized as having played an important role in the development of modern Protestant theology, but his contribution is usually understood as largely critical of traditional modes of theological inquiry. He is best known for his historicist critique of dogmatic theology, and seen either as the closing chapter of nineteenth-century liberalism, or as a proto-postmodernist. Central to this pivotal period in modern theology stands the problem: how can we articulate a doctrine of ultimate reality such that a meaningful and coherent account of the world is available without our understanding of God thereby becoming conditioned by the world itself? Evan Kuehn demonstrates that historiographical assumptions about twentieth-century religious thought have obscured the coherence and relevance of Troeltsch's understanding of God, history, and eschatology. An eschatological understanding of the Absolute, Kuehn contends, stands at the heart of Troeltsch's theology and the problem of historicism with which it is faced. Troeltsch's eschatological Absolute must be understood in the context of questions that were being raised at the turn of the twentieth century both by research on New Testament apocalypticism, and by modern critical methodologies in the historical sciences. His theory of the Absolute is central to his views on religion and religious ethics and provides practitioners of constructive studies in religion with important resources for engaging with sociological and historical studies, where Troeltsch's status as a classical figure is widely recognized.

Author : Michael Jinkins
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : 0415329086

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Christianity, Tolerance, and Pluralism by Michael Jinkins Pdf

This book explores the social, political and religious differences among Christians and asks the question: can Christians be pluralists?

Author : Nathan R. Kerr
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606081990

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Christ, History and Apocalyptic by Nathan R. Kerr Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive reflection on what it means that Christians claim that Jesus is Lord by engaging in a defense of Christian apocalyptic as the criterion for evaluating the truth of history and of history's relation to the transcendent political reality that theology calls the Kingdom of God. The heart of this work comprises an original genealogical analysis of twentieth-century theological encounters with the modern historicist problematic through a series of critical engagements with the work of Ernst Troeltsch, Karl Barth, Stanley Hauerwas, and John Howard Yoder. Bringing these thinkers into conversation at key points with the work of Walter Benjamin, Carl Schmitt, John Milbank, and Michel de Certeau, among others, this genealogy analyzes and exposes the ideologically Constantinian assumptions shared by both modern liberal and contemporary post-liberal accounts of Christian politics and mission. On the basis of a rereading of John Howard Yoder's place within this genealogy, the author outlines an alternative apocalyptic historicism, which conceives the work of Christian politics as a mode of subversive, missionary encounter between church and world. The result is a profoundly original vision of history that at once calls for and is empowered by a Christian apocalyptic politics, in which the ideologically reductionist concerns for political effectiveness and productivity are surpassed by way of a missionary praxis of subversion and liberation rooted in liturgy and doxology.

Author : Carl E. Braaten
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579104634

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No Other Gospel by Carl E. Braaten Pdf

With increasing awareness of the permanence of religious pluralism and increasing acceptance of other religions as valid ways to God, some theologians have argued that Christianity needs to abandon its traditional, biblical claim that Jesus is the unique, normative, decisive and final self-revelation of God and the salvation of the world. Braaten's response is an unequivocal reassertion of the exclusive claim of the gospel. To do so, he surveys the range of current options and dives into questions of the uniqueness of Christ, the absoluteness of Christianity, and the universality of salvation. Working with concepts of justification, eschatology, and Trinity, Braaten affirms that the gospel relativizes other religions. The gospel, however, also relativizes Christianity. Thus Christianity's strong claims for Christ need to be tempered by acknowledging that Christians do not know beforehand the final outcome of God's unfolding plan for the world. Although not all will agree, this book is an important call to Christian conscience from a theologian who sees Christian theology teetering on the brink of confusion.

Author : Paul Avis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567696205

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Jesus and the Church by Paul Avis Pdf

What is church's true foundation? Was the Christian church founded by Jesus, or does 'the Eucharist make the church'? Paul Avis sets out his own answer to these questions. Gathering a wide range of critical scholarship, he argues that there is something solid and dependable at the foundation of the church's life and mission. Avis argues that Jesus wanted a church in a sense, but not as we know it. Christ proclaimed the gospel of the Kingdom and his disciples proclaimed the gospel whose content was Jesus himself, the Kingdom in person. The church is battered and divided, but at its core is a treasure that is indestructible – the gospel of Christ, embodied in word and sacrament. A central theme of the book is the relationship between the church and Christ, the church and the gospel, the church and the Kingdom. Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, is the sole foundation of the church, but he cannot be without his people.

Author : John Panteleimon Manoussakis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317081302

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Phenomenology and Eschatology by John Panteleimon Manoussakis Pdf

This book brings together a world-renowned collection of philosophers and theologians to explore the ways in which the resurgence of eschatological thought in contemporary theology and the continued relevance of phenomenology in philosophy can illuminate each other. Through a series of phenomenological analyses of key eschatological concepts and detailed readings in some of the key figures of both disciplines, this text reveals that phenomenology and eschatology cannot be fully understood without each other: without eschatology, phenomenology would not have developed the ethical and futural aspects that characterize it today; without phenomenology, eschatology would remain relegated to the sidelines of serious theological discourse. Along the way, such diverse themes as time, death, parousia, and the call are re-examined and redefined. Containing new contributions from Jean-Yves Lacoste, Claude Romano, Richard Kearney, Kevin Hart and others, this book is necessary reading for anyone interested in the intersection of contemporary philosophy and theology.

Author : Jerry L. Walls
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199742480

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The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology by Jerry L. Walls Pdf

Eschatology is the study of the last things: death, judgment, the afterlife, and the end of the world. Through centuries of Christian thoughtfrom the early Church fathers through the Middle Ages and the Reformationthese issues were of the utmost importance. In other religions, too, eschatological concerns were central. After the Enlightenment, though, many religious thinkers began to downplay the importance of eschatology which, in light of rationalism, came to be seen as something of an embarrassment. The twentieth century, however, saw the rise of phenomena that placed eschatology back at the forefront of religious thought. From the rapid expansion of fundamentalist forms of Christianity, with their focus on the end times; to the proliferation of apocalyptic new religious movements; to the recent (and very public) debates about suicide, martyrdom, and paradise in Islam, interest in eschatology is once again on the rise. In addition to its popular resurgence, in recent years some of the worlds most important theologians have returned eschatology to its former position of prominence. The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology will provide an important critical survey of this diverse body of thought and practice from a variety of perspectives: biblical, historical, theological, philosophical, and cultural. This volume will be the primary resource for students, scholars, and others interested in questions of our ultimate existence.

Author : Kosuke Nishitani
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024882255

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Niebuhr, Hromadka, Troeltsch, and Barth by Kosuke Nishitani Pdf

Just as history of the twentieth century experienced dramatic events - World War I, Communism, Nazism, World War II, the Cold War, and the ruin of the Soviet Union - Christian theology underwent significant phases: dialectic theology, de-mythologization, theology of hope, theology of liberation, and post-liberal theology of narrative. One of its most important advances is the recognition that the departure point of theology is nothing, but God's self-revelation. While evaluating this vantage point, the author explores a new, necessary perspective for relevant Christian social ethics by analyzing the theological relations of Niebuhr, the American theologian of liberal democracy; Hromadka, the Czech theologian of communism; Barth, the Swiss theologian of revelation; and Troeltsch, the German theologian of history.

Author : William Schweiker,Per M. Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015049240073

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Worldviews and Warrants by William Schweiker,Per M. Anderson Pdf

Author : Geerhardus Vos
Publisher : Ravenio Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Pauline Eschatology by Geerhardus Vos Pdf

This work is organized as follows: I. The Structure of the Pauline Eschatology II. The Interaction Between Eschatology and Soteriology III. The Religious and Ethical Motivation of Paul’s Eschatology IV. The Coming of the Lord and Its Precursors V. The Man of Sin VI. The Resurrection VII. Alleged Development in Paul’s Teaching on the Resurrection VIII. The Resurrection-Change IX. The Extent of the Resurrection X. The Question of Chiliasm, in Paul XI. The Judgment XII. The Eternal State Appendix: The Eschatology of the Psalter

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Bible
ISBN : UCAL:B3949316

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Christianity and Historical Relativism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hilary Marlow,Karla Pollmann,Helen Van Noorden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315459493

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Eschatology in Antiquity by Hilary Marlow,Karla Pollmann,Helen Van Noorden Pdf

This collection of essays explores the rhetoric and practices surrounding views on life after death and the end of the world, including the fate of the individual, apocalyptic speculation and hope for cosmological renewal, in a wide range of societies from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Byzantine era. The 42 essays by leading scholars in each field explore the rich spectrum of ways in which eschatological understanding can be expressed, and for which purposes it can be used. Readers will gain new insight into the historical contexts, details, functions and impact of eschatological ideas and imagery in ancient texts and material culture from the twenty-fifth century BCE to the ninth century CE. Traditionally, the study of “eschatology” (and related concepts) has been pursued mainly by scholars of Jewish and Christian scripture. By broadening the disciplinary scope but remaining within the clearly defined geographical milieu of the Mediterranean, this volume enables its readers to note comparisons and contrasts, as well as exchanges of thought and transmission of eschatological ideas across Antiquity. Cross-referencing, high quality illustrations and extensive indexing contribute to a rich resource on a topic of contemporary interest and relevance. Eschatology in Antiquity is aimed at readers from a wide range of academic disciplines, as well as non-specialists including seminary students and religious leaders. The primary audience will comprise researchers in relevant fields including Biblical Studies, Classics and Ancient History, Ancient Philosophy, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Art History, Late Antiquity, Byzantine Studies and Cultural Studies. Care has been taken to ensure that the essays are accessible to undergraduates and those without specialist knowledge of particular subject areas.

Author : Russell F. Sizemore,Donald K. Swearer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015017696819

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Ethics, Wealth, and Salvation by Russell F. Sizemore,Donald K. Swearer Pdf

The relationship between attitudes towards wealth and the quest for salvation in Theravada Buddhism is examined by authors from various disciplines. The main purpose of the book is to see what light Buddhism, often thought of as an otherworldly religion, can shed on mundane problems.

Author : Peter C. Phan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038414939

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Eternity in Time by Peter C. Phan Pdf