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Hope in Action - by Steven M Rodenborn (Paperback)

Hope in Action - by  Steven M Rodenborn (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This volume contends against a major lacuna in the story of eschatology inthe twentieth century by offering a historical and comparative analysis ofEdward Schillebeeckx's prophetic eschatology and Johann Baptist Metz's apocalyptic eschatology with the goal of identifying relative advantages and limitations of these divergent eschatological frameworks for renderinga Christian account of hope that prompts action in the public arena. Rodenborn provides a fresh angle on eschatologies of hope.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This volume contends against a major lacuna in the story of eschatology in the twentieth century by offering a historical and comparative analysis of Edward Schillebeeckxs prophetic eschatology and Johann Baptist Metzs apocalyptic eschatology with the goal of identifying relative advantages and limitations of these divergent eschatological frameworks for rendering a Christian account of hope that prompts action in the public arena.</p><p>Rodenborn provides a fresh angle on eschatologies of hope, bringing to the fore two Catholic theologians whose influences range from Vatican II to Latin American liberation theology. <b>Hope in Action</b> offers an innovative contribution to the theological account of the emergence of European political theologies and the role of eschatology as a practical and destabilizing theological category.</p>

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