Hope against hope : Christian eschatology at the turn of the millennium / Richard Bauckham and Trevor Hart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bauckham, Richard

Contributor:

Hart, Trevor A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hope--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Hope.

Eschatology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 233 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub., 1999.

Summary:

The start of the twenty-first century evokes fresh concern for what the future holds. Will it bring an end to suffering and evil? Can we look for a new heaven and earth? Will judgment be cosmic or personal? Hope against Hope revisits these and other questions central to Christian eschatology and provides a fresh yet responsible look at the church's vision of the future.

Integrating images from the Bible and Christian tradition with analysis of contemporary Western culture, Richard Bauckham and Trevor Hart reinterpret the meaning of such eschatological themes as the antichrist, the last judgment, and the kingdom of God in terms that will benefit students and general readers alike.

Contents:

1. The Decline of Secular Hope 1

2. The Hope of an Ending 26

3. The Wager on Transcendence: in Search of an Ecology of Hope 44

4. Ambiguous Vision: Hope, Imagination and the Rhetoric of the Unsayable 72

5. Images of Hope 109

6. Breaking the Spiral: the State We're in and the Possibility of Progress 174

Epilogue: Hope as the Child of the Future 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and indexes.

ISBN:

0802843913

OCLC:

42649612