Towards the Day after Tomorrow: Essays on Humanity's Teloi and the Eschaton - Brossura

Brazier, P. H.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1532660219 ISBN 13: 9781532660214

Casa editrice: Wipf and Stock, 2020

Riassunto

Humanity is moving ever towards its final destination without knowing why, when, where: teloi, multiple paths, leading towards God’s eschaton. These essays examine the movement towards this day of reckoning, and how such eschatological events are projected back into time. Towards the Day after Tomorrow, or the one after that, or months, decades—centuries—away, often we behave as though the end is upon us. These essays start with the beginning of the end: the incarnation. We examine the origins of Karl Barth’s realized eschatology in Expressionism. We consider death and judgment, as usurped by humanity, an eschaton without God’s forgiving judgment: multiple Holocausts. War ushers in the eschaton, but how do Christians handle conflict in the light of a redefined just war theory? We analyze the eschatological insights into humanity’s end in The Simpsons—post mortem. Consider the issue of atheistic human authorities usurping God’s judgment. Finally crisis and judgment are glimpsed in the mindset of people who suffer seizures—postlapsarian exile, the sufferance of salvation: how God blesses us despite the chaos of our human-generated teloi, in preparation for the end. As the end approaches, events become darker, chaotic, confusion reigns: “Judas immediately went out. And it was night.”

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P. H. Brazier is an independent theologian living in London. He holds degrees in Fine Art, Education, and Systematic Theology. Paul has published widely in theology and philosophy, including works on C. S. Lewis, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Karl Barth, and Colin Gunton. He is the care-giver for his wife Hilary, who has severe epilepsy.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Wipf and Stock
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1532660219
• ISBN 13: 9781532660214
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 296
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile