The End of Time?: The Provocation of Talking about God

by Tiemo Rainer Peters (Editor), Claus Urban (Editor), Johann Baptist Metz (Contributor)

On the occasion of his seventieth birthday Professor Johann Baptist Metz was joined by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Defense of the Faith, as well as by Eveline Goodman-Thau, a Jewish philosopher of religion, and Protestant theologian Jürgen Moltmann, for a meeting at Ahaus Palace on the subject of God and the end of time. This work, translated for the first time from German, now makes available the proceedings from this significant meeting. Of particular interest for readers is the joint appearance here of Metz and Ratzinger, two theologians who had clashed in the past and who are, theologically, poles apart. It is remarkable here that the participants were able to put aside personal differences and church politics to "do theology." Readers will read with appreciation this thought-provoking work that offers them the unique opportunity to listen in on what was an important forum for theological discussion and an experiment in church politics.

104 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[booklady]

Setting this aside for now. I don't know what it is about me and "time" but I have more trouble getting my mind to grasp anything where they are writing about time/eternity issues. I want to understand this but I just don't. Even took this book to Adoration several times. I'll try it again later.

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Ran across this in our local Catholic bookstore the day before yesterday (13 Jan '09) and it looked too good to pass up.

[Sarah Yasin · Rating 5 out of 5]

a very important book for understanding contemporary philosophy. One of the main ideas herein is that rather than explaining the mystery of eternity and the chronology of God's engagement with human history as His divinity being timeless, it's better to say that God overpowers time.

I'm impressed with the depth and clarity of thought in this book.