Ernst Käsemann and the Specter of Apocalyptic
Ernst Käsemann famously claimed that apocalyptic was the mother of all Christian theology. This claim is more than a merely historical remark about the origins of Christian theology. Käsemann's work pointedly raises the question, What theological difference does it make to reclaim apocalyptic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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Theology today
Year: 2018, Volume: 75, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-50 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FA Theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBQ Eschatology |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Apocalyptic B Liberation Theology B Postliberalism B Apocalypse B Ernst Käsemann B Ecclesiology B Dialectical theology B New Testament Theology B KASEMANN, Ernst, 1906-1998 B Eschatology B apocalyptic theology |
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| Summary: | Ernst Käsemann famously claimed that apocalyptic was the mother of all Christian theology. This claim is more than a merely historical remark about the origins of Christian theology. Käsemann's work pointedly raises the question, What theological difference does it make to reclaim apocalyptic, not only as the historical-theological seedbed in which Christian theology was born, but also as the mother to which Christian theology today must return? I contend that Käsemann's retrieval of apocalyptic provides an important correctiveor, more strongly put, a disruptionof what one might call the ecclesial turn in contemporary Protestant theology. In this article, the contemporary relevance of Käsemann's distinctive theological voice is highlighted. I propose that the time is ripe for a Christian theology with an apocalyptic sting. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040573618763575 |
