Die Fundamentalismusdebatte und die Apokalyptik: zum christlichen Umgang mit apokalyptischen Überzeugungen

Apocalypticism is a phenomenon that shaped Christian beliefs beginning with the earliest Christian writings. Today apocalypticism is often associated with and claimed by fundamentalist groups. Yet apocalyptic teaching and imagery is also connected with the common Christian teaching on eschatology an...

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Main Author: Koziel, Bernd Elmar 1966- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:German
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Published: Echter 2009
In: Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie
Year: 2009, Volume: 131, Issue: 3, Pages: 319-340
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Fundamentalism / Apocalypticism
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Apocalypticism
B Fundamentalism
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Summary:Apocalypticism is a phenomenon that shaped Christian beliefs beginning with the earliest Christian writings. Today apocalypticism is often associated with and claimed by fundamentalist groups. Yet apocalyptic teaching and imagery is also connected with the common Christian teaching on eschatology and the parousia. The danger of a fundamentalist appropriation of apocalypticism lies in the belief that the salvation inherent in the death and resurrection of Christ is somehow not enough, and that the world needs another divine intervention beyond Christ. But apocalyptic language and imagery are appropriate only in when set in relation to Jesus as Messiah and Son of God.
ISSN:0044-2895
Contains:Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für katholische Theologie