Christian Eschatology and the Physical Universe

, by Wilkinson, David

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Copyright: 7/29/2010

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This book argues that the Christian understanding of new creati

Preface	p. ix
Visions of the End	p. 1
The end of the world in science and pop culture	p. 1
Eschatology working overtime	p. 2
Left behind or burnt up? The new fundamentalism	p. 3
The future in the dialogue of science and religion	p. 5
Ending in Futility: The Future Pessimism of Science	p. 7
Environmental catastrophe	p. 7
Comet or asteroid impact	p. 8
The death of the Sun	p. 9
The 'Doomsday Argument'	p. 10
The end of the Universe	p. 12
The future of life in the future of the Universe	p. 16
The Limited Universal Responses of the Theologians of Hope	p. 23
A Universe of no value or interest	p. 24
Moltmann's limited universal eschatology	p. 28
Pannenberg and the physics of immortality	p. 37
The scientist-theologians	p. 48
What does the theological future hold?	p. 52
Cosmological Hope in the Eschatologies of the Bible	p. 53
'Heaven'	p. 60
Isaiah 11.1-9	p. 61
Isaiah 65.17-25	p. 62
1 Thessalonians 4.13-5.11	p. 64
2 Peter 3.10-13	p. 67
Revelation 21.1-8	p. 72
Romans 8.18-30	p. 76
New creation and this creation	p. 85
Reclaiming the Resurrection in Its Cosmological Setting	p. 89
Colossians 1.15-20	p. 91
1 Corinthians 15	p. 92
The Gospels	p. 101
Resurection and the future of the Universe	p. 103
Continuity, discontinuity and transformation	p. 111
Space-time in Creation and New Creation	p. 115
The shaping of time in contemporary culture	p. 116
The shaping of space-time in the Universe	p. 117
The arrow of time	p. 119
Imagining space-time at the beginning of creation	p. 121
Space-time, eternity and God	p. 124
The nature of space-time in the new creation	p. 129
Continuity and discontinuity in the space-time of new creation	p. 133
The Future of Matter	p. 137
Matter in the creation: scientific insights	p. 137
Transforming water into wine	p. 140
The matter of the soul	p. 141
Feminist theology and the importance of the body	p. 146
Sacrament, body and world	p. 149
'Radically different'? Polkinghorne and the future of matter	p. 152
Is that the end of the matter?	p. 156
Fruitful Interaction: Working Out the Relationship of Creation and New Creation	p. 159
New creation and the biological world	p. 159
Openness theology in an accelerating Universe	p. 170
Acting in hope	p. 177
Conclusion	p. 185
Note on Millennium Theology	p. 189
Bibliography	p. 191
Index of Biblical References	p. 225
Modern Author Index	p. 229
Subject Index	p. 237
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