Sentences with phrase «when eschatologies»

When eschatologies emphasize some measure of continuity, they usually inspire people to start living by the ideals of the future in the present, and to try to realize them in their societies.

When eschatologies stress discontinuity, they often legitimate efforts to bring about that future by violent means.

Not exact matches

When I began to understand that one should not set history and eschatology, nor (therefore) history and God, in opposition to one another, the general direction of my further thought was determined.

What's more, history itself teaches us that when times are bad, eschatology thrives.

One may need to look up words not used in ordinary conversation to understand what Berger means when he writes: «the problem of theodicy was solved in terms of eschatology» or «one should not confuse epistemology (i.e., knowledge) with historical gratitude.»

How would I begin my lecture on eschatology when the resident computer expert had just summarized the essence of Christian hope?

In my opinion, the only possible approach for a Christian theologian in dealing with the presence of evil is that of Thomas Aquinas, who holds, pace David Hume, that an omnipotent and benevolent God can coexist with evil in His finite creation, but only when the world is viewed both as a totality and under the aegis of eschatology.

When we start to approach the brand of eschatology so widely purveyed in current religious media and books, the first obstacle is the language itself.

John Macquarrie has rightly said, «Eschatology has been existentially neutralized when the end gets removed to the distant future.»

When we come to the `' realized eschatology» of C. H. Dodd, we find its chief grounding in the first meaning of the kingdom.

But this will become clear when we deal with the thesis on eschatology.

Doubtless, manuals such as Joseph Ratzinger's Eschatology, Walter Kasper's Jesus the Christ and Luis Ladaria's El Dios Vivo y Verdadero will be imitated and published in the future.2 The Catholic tradition retains what is useful even when progressing beyond the past.

When I was in seminary, eschatology was either a mistake (Schweitzer) or a rationalization (Dodd).

Well, for people who believe the Bible when it says Jesus is coming back, it is quite logical to point out the amount of ignorance they displayed in ignoring a passage that is very, very key to end times studies (eschatology).

When late Jewish eschatology asked about the future judgment and the world to come, its question was a legitimate one.

When I reacted to Altizer in 1965, I was puzzled by his eschatology.