William Coats

The Folly of Eschatology

Buch

The Christian Scriptures are in large part eschatological. That is, they are dominated in the synoptic gospels by the expectation of a coming kingdom in which God will visit the earth in judgment and in the Epistles by the hope of Jesus' return. This hope found its way into Christian history in twinned fashion, namely the return of Jesus and the projection of the original features of the kingdom onto the after life - heaven and hell. The Scriptural accounts of eschatology shaped how salvation would be understood. This volume argues, first, that the delay in God's appearance caused Jesus to abandon the Kingdom ideology and, second, that, while… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-330-70282-0
EAN: 9783330702820
Produktnummer: 37528938
Verlag: Blessed Hope Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 80 S.
Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D0.5 cm 137 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 137

Über den Autor

William Coats, an Episcopal priest was a university chaplain at four American universities for 15 years during the 1960's and 1970's until moving to parish ministry until retiring in 2003. He is the author of one book, God in Public (1976) and has authored a number of articles for books and journals.