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1 online resource (355 pages) |
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Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies |
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Routledge new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies.
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Supersessionism and Nostra Aetate; 1. The problem of supersessionism; Types of supersessionism; Supersessionist hermeneutics and the Bible; Supersessionism: a theological problem; 2. Nostra Aetate and its reception: supersessionism challenged; The shift to the relation to non-Christian religions; Nostra Aetate and its reception: the irrevocable call; Theological tensions after Nostra Aetate; Part II Millenarianism: a valid part of Church history |
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3. Millenarianism exploredMillenarianism defined and contextualized; Revelation 20: an intentionally chiliastic text; The amillennial interpretation of Revelation 20 is flawed; Millenarianism in the Gospels and Pauline corpus; 4. Millenarianism and early Church tradition; Millenarianism as orthodox eschatology; Responding to the refutation of chiliastic normativity; The earliest detractors of chiliasm: Marcion, Gaius, Origen; 5. A shift in eschatology: the Church becomes the kingdom; Eusebius (ca. 263-339 C.E.): the Church and the Roman kingdom |
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Augustine (354-430 C.E.): the Church and the kingdom of GodPart III Millenarianism, heresy, and contemporary Catholic theology; 6. The hermeneutics of heresy; St. Vincent of Lérins: determining valid doctrine; 7. Millenarianism: creeds, Ecumenical Councils, and heresy?; The Apostles' Creed; An early Council responding to Montanism, not Chiliasm; Nicaea (325 C.E.) and Rome (382 C.E.); Constantinople (381 C.E.): "whose kingdom shall have no end"; Ephesus (431 C.E.): no direct or indirect reference to millenarianism; 8. Recent magisterial statements on millenarianism |
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Pius XII and the declaration against millenarianismThe 1994 Catechism and millenarianism; Benedict XVI and the spiritual, Eucharistic millennium; Part IV Millenarianism and post-supersessionism; 9. Prolegomena to a Christian millenarian theology of Judaism; Jewish eschatological hope in relation to supersessionism and millenarianism; Moltmann's mitigated millenarianism and the provisional Church; Three problematic questions; 10. Millenarianism, supersessionism, and the messianic kingdom; Millenarianism, amillennialism, and economic supersessionism |
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Millenarianism, amillennialism, and punitive supersessionismMillenarianism, amillennialism, and structural supersessionism; Constructing ideas on the nature of the millennial age; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317111917 |
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1317111915 |
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