Death and apocalypse in a time of fear

This article explores consequences of perpetuating apocalyptic patterns of thought and proposes that fear-based responses produce passivity and exacerbate the ends they prophesy. Martin Luther proposed honest, faithful confidence when facing personal death and the end of the world. Catherine Keller...

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Main Author: Trelstad, Marit 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Dialog
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 4, Pages: 263-270
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDD Protestant Church
NBE Anthropology
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Rapture
B Apocalypse
B Martin Luther
B Death
B Catherine Keller
B Feminist Theology
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Summary:This article explores consequences of perpetuating apocalyptic patterns of thought and proposes that fear-based responses produce passivity and exacerbate the ends they prophesy. Martin Luther proposed honest, faithful confidence when facing personal death and the end of the world. Catherine Keller stressed that apocalyptic logic and fear excite violence and propagate death. Faithfulness in love, connection to others, and refusal to collapse the world into binaries offer tonic for fear.
ISSN:1540-6385
Contains:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/dial.12434