Hope in action
Subtitle: subversive eschatology in the theology of Edward Schillebeeckx and Johann Baptist Metz
By: Steven M. Rodenborn
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9781451469288
Subjects: Doctrines; Eschatology; Catholic Church
Description: This volume contends against a major lacuna in the story of eschatology in the twentieth century by offering a historical and comparative analysis of Edward Schillebeeckx's prophetic eschatology and Johann Baptist Metz's apocalyptic eschatology with the goal of identifying relative advantages and limitations of these divergent eschatological frameworks for rendering a Christian account of hope that prompts action in the public arena. Rodenborn provides a fresh angle on eschatologies of hope, bringing to the fore two Catholic theologians whose influences range from Vatican II to Latin American liberation theology. Hope in Action offers an innovative contribution to the theological account of the emergence of European political theologies and the role of eschatology as a practical and destabilizing theological category -- Amazon.com, viewed August 22, 2014.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-361) and index.