03297nam 22006371c 450 991045919850332120200115203623.00-567-66049-41-282-86876-497866128687640-567-61433-610.5040/9780567660497(CKB)2670000000054461(EBL)602015(OCoLC)676697114(SSID)ssj0000414031(PQKBManifestationID)11286074(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414031(PQKBWorkID)10386029(PQKB)10685838(MiAaPQ)EBC602015(Au-PeEL)EBL602015(CaPaEBR)ebr10427448(CaONFJC)MIL286876(OCoLC)893335299(UtOrBLW)bpp09258007(EXLCZ)99267000000005446120150227d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChristian eschatology and the physical universe David WilkinsonLondon New York T & T Clark 2010.1 online resource (253 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-567-04545-5 0-567-04546-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-224) and indexesContents Preface -- Chapter 1 Visions of the End -- Chapter 2 Ending in Futility: The Future Pessimism of Science -- Chapter 3 The Limited Universal Responses of the Theologians of Hope. -- Chapter 4 Cosmological Hope in the Eschatologies of the Bible. -- Chapter 5 Reclaiming the Resurrection in Its Cosmological Setting. -- Chapter 6 Space-time in creation and new creation. -- Chapter 7 The Future of Matter -- Chapter 8 Fruitful Interaction: Working out the relationship of Creation and New Creation. -- Chapter 9 ConclusionDoes matter matter? The scientific picture of the end of the physical Universe has undergone dramatic changes since the turn of the 21st century, with its future characterized by accelerated expansion and futility. Yet Christian theology has been largely silent on this, despite the interest in eschatology in popular culture and in theology itself. What can Christian theology learn from and contribute to the scientific picture of the future of the Universe? Can the biblical narratives of creation and new creation have a fruitful dialogue with scientific discoveries? David Wilkinson shows what a fruitful dialogue this can be. Critiquing the folk eschatology of the Left Behind series, the misguided faith of the scientific optimists and the lack of scientific engagement of the theologians of hope, Wilkinson argues for a rediscovery of the theological theme of new creation and the centrality of bodily resurrection.  EschatologyChristian theologyEnd of the world (Astronomy)Eschatology.End of the world (Astronomy)236Wilkinson DavidRev. Dr,162658UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910459198503321Christian eschatology and the physical universe1938446UNINA