The God of hope and the end of the world / John Polkinghorne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polkinghorne, J. C., 1930-2021.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eschatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Do we live in a world that makes sense, not just now, but totally and forever? If, as scientists now predict, the universe is going to end in collapse or decay, can it really be a divine creation? Is there a credible hope of a destiny beyond death? In this engaging and intellectually scrupulous book, a leading scientist-theologian draws on ideas from science, scripture, and theology to address these important questions. John Polkinghorne carefully builds a structure of the hope of the life to come that involves both continuity and discontinuity with life in this world-enough continuity so that it is we ourselves who shall live again in that future world and enough discontinuity to ensure that the second story is not just a repetition of the first. Polkinghorne develops his argument in three sections. In the first, he considers the role of contemporary scientific insights and cultural expectations. In the second, he gives a careful account of the various testimonies of hope to be found in the Bible and assesses the credibility of belief in Jesus' resurrection. In the final section he critically analyzes and defends the Christian hope of the life of the new creation.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

I. Scientific and Cultural Prologue

CHAPTER ONE. Cosmic Process: Past and Future

CHAPTER TWO. Insights from Natural Science

CHAPTER THREE. Human Intuition and Experience

CHAPTER FOUR. Cultural Context

II. Biblical Resources

CHAPTER FIVE. Old Testament Insights

CHAPTER SIX. The Resurrection of Jesus

CHAPTER SEVEN. Further New Testament Insights

III. Theological Approaches

CHAPTER EIGHT. The God of Hope

CHAPTER NINE. Personhood and the Soul

CHAPTER TEN. The New Creation

CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Four Last Things

CHAPTER TWELVE. The Significance of the End

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611730802

9781281730800

1281730807

9780300130683

0300130686

OCLC:

191953402