Title: Compassionate eschatology : the future as friend /
Authors: Grimsrud, Ted, 1954-; Hardin, Michael.
Publisher: Cascade Books,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Eschatology.; Peace Religious aspects Christianity
Abstract: Do "eschatology" and "peace" go together? Is eschatology mostly about retribution and fear--or compassion and hope?Compassionate Eschatology brings together a group of international scholars representing a wide range of Christian traditions to address these questions. Together they make the case that Christianity's teaching about the "end times" should and can center on Jesus' message of peace and reconciliation. Offering a peace-oriented reading of the Book of Revelation and other biblical materials relevant to Christian eschatology, this book breaks new ground in its consistent message that compassion not retribution stands at the heart of the doctrine of the last things.Besides its creative treatment of biblical materials, Compassionate Eschatology also makes a distinctive contribution in how several essays engage the thought of Ren Girard and his mimetic theory. Girard's project is shown to reinforce the biblical message of eschatological peace.
Contents: Biblical apocalyptic : what is being revealed / Ted Grimsrud -- The language of warfare in the book of Revelation / Richard Bauckham -- Between Babylon and Anathoth : toward a theology of hope in migration / Nancy Elizabeth Bedford -- Faithful, true, and violent? : christology and "divine vengeance" in the Revelation to John / David J. Neville -- Hastening the day when the earth will burn? : global warming, Revelation, 2 Peter 3 / Barbara R. Rossing -- Turning the tables : war, peace, and the Last Supper / James E. Brenneman -- God, judgment, and non-violence / John E. Phelan -- The dragon lives still / J. Denny Weaver -- Is the Apocalypse inevitable? : Native American prophecy and the mimetic theory / Michael Hardin -- Redeeming the entire universe / Walter Wink -- From ontology to iconochrony : a positively anthropological Second Coming / Anthony W. Bartlett -- A kinder, gentler Apocalypse? : René Girard, the book of Revelation, and the bottomless abyss of the unforgettable victim / Stephen Finamore -- The final judgment : sunrise of Christ's liberating justice / Jürgen Moltmann -- Orthodox eschatology and St. Gregory of Nyssa's De vita Moysis : transfiguration, cosmic unity, and compassion / Andrew P. Klager -- Prophecy, end-times, and American apocalypse : reclaiming hope for our world / Barbara R. Rossing -- Vincent Van Gogh's compassionate eschatology / Carol Berry.