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Eschatology
Dictionary: es·cha·tol·o·gy (ĕs'kə-tŏl'ə-jē)
n.
1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind.
2. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment.
So, this shelf is pretty much what most people would call "apocalyptic", except more pretentious (or, perhaps, religious). ...more
n.
1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind.
2. A belief or a doctrine concerning the ultimate or final things, such as death, the destiny of humanity, the Second Coming, or the Last Judgment.
So, this shelf is pretty much what most people would call "apocalyptic", except more pretentious (or, perhaps, religious). ...more
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Yet, apocalypse also implies judgment, a necessary exposure of the lies we’ve inherited and lived by. Atonement is not always soft—it burns that which needs to die but wishes to cling on. The only way to kill shame is to hang it publicly.
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― The Son of Man & Its Mystical Awakening: Reclaiming Eschatology & Atonement During a Convergence of Globalization, Nihilism, Science, & Spirituality
― The Son of Man & Its Mystical Awakening: Reclaiming Eschatology & Atonement During a Convergence of Globalization, Nihilism, Science, & Spirituality
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Pannenberg understands God as Trinity to be at work in the world, both continually appearing in history as the “arrival” of the immediate future and as reaching back from the eschatological future to the Easter event in order to transform the world into the New Creation. In a breathtaking move, Pannenberg thematizes the latter as “prolepsis”: although the New Creation still lies in our future, or more correctly in the “future of our future,” the Easter event is already and normatively a manifest
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― Time in Eternity: Pannenberg, Physics, and Eschatology in Creative Mutual Interaction
― Time in Eternity: Pannenberg, Physics, and Eschatology in Creative Mutual Interaction
Meaningful books that encourage maturation and honor Jesus Christ.
"...do not be children in …more
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Exploring some of the topics related to eschatology in order to understand it better.
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For Christians who watch world events and line it up with Bible Prophecy, especially as it perta…more
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Trying this until I write my own book club app.
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