The End of the World: A Theological InterpretationIn this book, Ulrich Kortner addresses the 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 apocalyptic fears and anxieties. 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. |
Contents
Phenomenological Description | 23 |
World Anxiety | 56 |
World Anxiety and the End of the World | 93 |
Notions of the End of the World | 107 |
The Ambiguity of Apocalyptic | 195 |
A Critique of Apocalyptic | 223 |
Christian Faith and the Apocalyptic World Experience | 229 |
Abbreviations | 278 |
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