The end of the world : a theological interpretation /

The end of the world : a theological interpretation /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Körtner, Ulrich H. J.
Uniform title:	Weltangst und Weltende. English
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, ©1995.
Description:	xii, 367 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism. End of the world. Anxiety -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Anxiety -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Apocalyptic literature. End of the world. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13241464

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ISBN:	0664256317 9780664256319 0664220622 9780664220624
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-367). committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	As the end of the twentieth century approaches, anxiety about the possible end of the world is becoming more evident in literature, popular culture, and public discourse. In this timely book, Ulrich Kortner addresses this issue of apocalyptic anxiety by offering a theological and philosophical evaluation of the apocalyptic. In particular, Kortner looks at how theology, responding in pastoral sensitivity, should deal with the fears present in this age of anxiety. Kortner. Concludes that real meaning and hope for the world is possible only after the world's inhabitants deal constructively with the stark reality of the world's end. This book should be read by anyone interested in the theological and philosophical aspects of apocalypticism.
Other form:	Online version: Körtner, Ulrich H.J. Weltangst und Weltende. English. End of the world. 1st ed. Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, ©1995 Online version: Körtner, Ulrich H.J. Weltangst und Weltende. English. End of the world. 1st ed. Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, ©1995

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the age of anxiety
Apocalyptic : phenomenological description
World anxiety
World anxiety and the end of the world
Notions of the end of the world
The ambiguity of apocalyptic
Christian faith and the apocalyptic world experience.