02475cam a2200337Ii 4500 10406 10406 951227297 OCoLC 20241126110731.0 160606s2016 mnu b 001 0 eng d 1451484577 9781451484571 (OCoLC)951227297 YDXCP eng rda YDXCP BTCTA BDX TEF LTS OCLCO LNT OCLCO BT819.5 .F79 2016 236 FRY Frykholm, Amy Johnson, 1971- 18083 Christian understandings of the future : the historical trajectory / Amy Frykholm Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2016] 366 pages ; 22 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Christian understandings Includes bibliographical references (page 349) and index Christian futures: an introduction -- Part I. Origins. Prophecies and riddles: Jewish prophetic and apocalyptic traditions -- Parables and resurrection: already and not yet in the Jesus tradition -- Seeds and sheafs: the eschatology of the Apostle Paul -- Alpha and omega: the book of Revelation -- Part II. Historical developments. Martyrs: early Christianity -- Time: Origen -- Patriae: Augustine of Hippo -- Legends: Pseudo-Methodius and the Antichrist -- Sketches: Gregory the Great -- Songs: Celtic sources -- Polemics: Bernard and Hildegard -- Patterns: Joachim of Fiore -- Circles: Dante Alighieri -- Visions: Julian of Norwich and the Black Plague -- Maps: Christopher Columbus -- Urgency: Martin Luther -- Taxonomies: Isaac Newton and John Donne -- Anxieties: John Calvin, Increase Mather, and Second Advent theologians -- Images: virgins of the apocalypse -- Liberation: eschatology and enslaved Africans in North America -- Jeremiads: Jonathan Edwards and the American republic -- Utopies: postmillennial America -- Charts: prophecy belief 1850-1950 -- Part III. Contemporary challenges. Theories: from Albert Schweitzer to Karl Rahner -- Protests: from Martin Luther King Jr. to Leymah Gbowee -- Clocks: the atomic age -- Failures: the limits of Christian futures -- Questions: science and Christian eschatology -- Towardness Eschatology History of doctrines 18084 Future, The Religious aspects 18085 Apocalyptic literature History and criticism 16305 Christian understandings 18027 ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 GBC GBC TH 2024-07-15 0 236 FRY 020789 2025-05-01 00:00:00 c.1 2024-07-15 BK