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Contents

Theology of Hope

CONTENTS

Preface to the New Paperback Edition

Preface

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PREFACE TO THE NEW PAPERBACK EDITION

INTRODUCTION: MEDITATION ON HOPE

1. What is the ‘Logos’ of Christian Eschatology?

2. The Believing Hope

3. The Sin of Despair

4. Does Hope Cheat Man of the Happiness of the Present?

5. Hoping and Thinking

I ESCHATOLOGY AND REVELATION

1. the discovery of eschatology and its ineffectiveness

2. promise and revelation of god

3. transcendental eschatology

4. the theology of the transcendental subjectivity of god

5. the theology of the transcendental subjectivity of man

6. ‘progressive revelation’ and the eschatology of salvation history

7. ‘history’ as indirect self-revelation of god

Offenbarung als Geschichte

8. the eschatology of revelation

II PROMISE AND HISTORY

1. epiphany religions and faith in terms of promise

2. the word of promise

3. the experience of history

4. revelation and knowledge of god

5. promise and law

6. promise in the eschatology of the prophets

The universalizing of the promise finds its

The intensification of the promise finds its approach to the eschatological in the negation of death

7. the historifying of the cosmos in apocalyptic eschatology

III THE RESURRECTION AND THE FUTURE OF JESUS CHRIST

1. gospel and promise

2. the god of the promise

3. paul and abraham

4. fulfilment ecstasy in primitive christianity and the eschatologia crucis

5. the ‘death of god’ and the resurrection of christ

6. the historical question of the resurrection of christ and the questionableness of the historical approach to history

7. the approach of form-criticism to the easter narratives and the questionableness of its existentialist interpretation

8. the eschatological question as to the future horizon of the proclamation of the risen lord

9. the identity of the lord who appears as risen with the crucified christ

10. the future of jesus christ

11. the future of righteousness

12. the future of life

13. the future of the kingdom of god and of the freedom of man

14. summary and review

IV ESCHATOLOGY AND HISTORY

1. criticism and crisis

The ‘Solved Riddle of History’

2. the historical method

3. historical heuristics

4. historiology

5. eschatology of history—philosophic millenarianism

6. death and guilt as driving forces of the historical outlook

7. the peculiarity of the historian’s universal concepts

8. the hermeneutics of christian mission

1. The Proofs of God and Hermeneutics

2. Mission and Exposition

V EXODUS CHURCH

Observations on the Eschatological Understanding of Christianity in Modern Society

1. modern society and the cult of the absolute

2. religion as the cult of the new subjectivity

3. religion as the cult of co-humanity

4. religion as the cult of the institution

5. christianity within the horizon of the expectation of the kingdom of god

6. the calling of christians in society

Preface to the New Paperback Edition

Preface

Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION: MEDITATION ON HOPE

1. What is the ‘Logos’ of Christian Eschatology?

2. The Believing Hope

3. The Sin of Despair

4. Does Hope Cheat Man of the Happiness of the Present?

5. Hoping and Thinking

I ESCHATOLOGY AND REVELATION

1 The Discovery of Eschatology and its Ineffectiveness

2 Promise and Revelation of God

3 Transcendental Eschatology

4 The Theology of the Transcendental Subjectivity of God

5 The Theology of the Transcendental Subjectivity of Man

6 ‘Progressive Revelation’ and the Eschatology of Salvation History

7 ‘History’ as Indirect Self-revelation of God

8 The Eschatology of Revelation

II PROMISE AND HISTORY

1 Epiphany Religions and Faith in Terms of Promise

2 The Word of Promise

3 The Experience of History

4 Revelation and Knowledge of God

5 Promise and Law

6 Promise in the Eschatology of the Prophets

7 The Historifying of the Cosmos in Apocalyptic Eschatology

III THE RESURRECTION AND THE FUTURE OF JESUS CHRIST

1 Gospel and Promise

2 The God of the Promise

3 Paul and Abraham

4 Fulfilment Ecstasy in Primitive Christianity and the eschatologia crucis

5 The ‘Death of God’ and the Resurrection of Christ

6 The Historical Question of the Resurrection of Christ and the Questionableness of the Historical Approach to History

7 The Approach of Form-Criticism to the Easter Narratives and the Questionableness of its Existentialist Interpretation

8 The Eschatological Question as to the Future Horizon of the Proclamation of the Risen Lord

9 The Identity of the Lord who Appears as Risen with the Crucified Christ

10 The Future of Jesus Christ

11 The Future of Righteousness

12 The Future of Life

13 The Future of the Kingdom of God and of the Freedom of Man

14 Summary and Review

IV ESCHATOLOGY AND HISTORY

1 Criticism and Crisis

The ‘Solved Riddle of History’:

2 The Historical Method

3 Historical Heuristics

4 Historiology

5 Eschatology of History—Philosophic Millenarianism

6 Death and Guilt as Driving Forces of the Historical Outlook

7 The Peculiarity of the Historian’s Universal Concepts

8 The Hermeneutics of Christian Mission

1. The Proofs of God and Hermeneutics

2. Mission and Exposition

(a) The Hermeneutics of the Apostolate

(b) The Humanizing of Man in the Missionary Hope

(d) The Tradition of the Eschatological Hope

V EXODUS CHURCH

Observations on the Eschatological Understanding of Christianity in Modern Society

1 Modern Society and the Cult of the Absolute

2 Religion as the Cult of the New Subjectivity

3 Religion as the Cult of Co-humanity

4 Religion as the Cult of the Institution

5 Christianity within the Horizon of the Expectation of the Kingdom of God

6 The Calling of Christians in Society