Einde van die wereld : die uitdaging van die moderne natuurwetenskappe aan die tradisionele eskatologie

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dc.contributor.author Nurnberger, Klaus
dc.date.accessioned 2013-07-15T07:08:20Z
dc.date.available 2013-07-15T07:08:20Z
dc.date.issued 2012-10-18
dc.description.abstract In biblical times the ‘Word of God’ indicated God’s creative and redemptive response to changing human predicaments and depravations. Redemptive events became traditions that were applied to new situations. Many biblical future expectations lost their relevance and plausibility already within canonical history. Modern science has rendered a literal interpretation of the most recent and radical biblical future expectations – resurrection and a ‘new heaven and earth’ – problematic. Apocalyptic deliberately employed enigmatic symbols and metaphors to indicate God’s miraculous intervention to change an evil world into a new and authentic reality. This motif can be reconceptualised as God’s vision for the comprehensive optimal well-being of humanity within the well-being of creation as a whole, which translates into God’s concern for any deficiency in well-being in any dimension of life. The emergence of the notion of resurrection to face judgement was rooted in concern about God’s justice (theodicy) rather than the longing for never-ending life. The resurrection of Jesus was deemed God’s affirmation of his messianic authority to proclaim and enact God’s redeeming love, thus its validity for all times and places – which opened up participation in the new life of Christ in fellowship with God for all people. en
dc.description.librarian am2013 en
dc.description.librarian mn2013
dc.description.uri http://www.hts.org.za en
dc.identifier.citation Nürnberger, K., 2012, ‘Die einde van die wêreld: die uitdaging van die moderne natuurwetenskappe aan die tradisionele eskatologie’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 68(1), Art. #1254, 10 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v68i1.1254 en
dc.identifier.issn 0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.4102/hts.v68i1.1254
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21938
dc.language.iso Afrikaans en
dc.publisher AOSIS Open Journals en
dc.rights © 2012. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. en
dc.subject Einde van die wêreld en
dc.subject End of the world en
dc.subject Moderne natuurwetenskappe en
dc.subject Modern science en
dc.subject Tradisionele eskatologie en
dc.subject Traditional eschatology en
dc.title Einde van die wereld : die uitdaging van die moderne natuurwetenskappe aan die tradisionele eskatologie en
dc.title.alternative The end of the world : the challenge of modern science to traditional eschatology en
dc.type Article en


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