The End of an Era: On the Sparks of Redemption that can be Seen even in the Dark Night of the Planet
This article outlines the apocalyptic scenario of the end of the anthropocene in its form of capitalocene in order to track in it the signs of the messianic and eschatological time that is coming up through the cracks of the hegemonic world in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The role of just p...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2022
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Concilium
Year: 2022, Issue: 2, Pages: 15-23 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Civilization
/ Crisis
/ Protest
/ Redemption
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society NBK Soteriology NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
COVID-19 pandemic
B Christianity B Eschatology |
| Summary: | This article outlines the apocalyptic scenario of the end of the anthropocene in its form of capitalocene in order to track in it the signs of the messianic and eschatological time that is coming up through the cracks of the hegemonic world in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The role of just people in history in periods of global crisis - represented by individuals and peoples resisting various types of systemic violence - is proposed here as a sign of a new dimension of time that picks up and fans into flame the sparks of redemption offered by divine Wisdom to all creation out of the world's wounds. Finally, it suggests the scenario of the posthuman world as a new stage of redemption in divine dynamism of kenosistheosis that Christianity has received as gift and task, both prophetic and eschatological, to proclaim superabundant divine love to all creation. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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