''In my end is my beginning,'' wrote T. S. Eliot, and Jürgen Moltmann's new book is a powerful testament to personal hope in chaotic, even catastrophic times. As Moltmann's award-winning volume The Coming of God laid out the systematic framework of eschatology (the doctrine of the ''last things''), so here he explores the personal meaning of that fundamental affirmation for Christians. Debunking the classic images of Christian apocalyptic scenarios, the final struggle between God and Satan, Christ and the Antichrist-Armageddon-Moltmann instead shows that Christian expectation of the future has nothing to do with these but everything to do with new beginnings and a horizon of hope. Three parts explore three particular beginnings: birth (childhood and youth), rebirth (failures and defeats), and resurrection (death, judgment, afterlife). This brief volume promises to be one of Moltmann's most personal and compelling books.
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Jürgen Moltmann is Professor of Theology Emeritus at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Among his many important and award-winning works are The Coming of God (1996)—2000 Grawemeyer Award winner, The Source of Life (1997), God for a Secular Society (1998), and Experiences in Theology (2000), all published by Fortress Press.
Margaret Kohl, who lives near Munich, has translated works by Ernst Käsemann, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Jürgen Moltmann, Klaus Koch, Willi Marxsen, and others, in addition to two other books by Hans Walter Wolff.
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I have read several of Moltmann's books and have found all of them to be inspirational, ones that should be read by any clergy or person interested in theology. This one is no exception. Moltmann again writes in an easy to understand style, one that is based on personal background and from the heart and mind. His viewpoints on making sense out of the happenings in today's world as part of God's plan, not necessarily man's, gives one hope and preparation for that new beginning. His writings have been the basis and support of many sermons I have written and will continue to help me understand our relationship, not only with the Trinity, but also with man. Moltmann is able to take historical perspective in relation to the writings in the Bible and other religious works and make it come alive. He is one of my most favorite theological writers and will continue to be in the forseeable future. A definite read for all serious students of religion.
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In the end... The beginning: a vision of life and hope,
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Jûrgen Moltmann is a theologian who is bringing us a dynamic vision of the action of God in our present mankind as the resurrection of Christ opens a new way toward a new creation. This view is bringing together God, nature and mankind, individual and social aspects, earth and heaven. In his book: "In the end..the beginning", Moltmann brings us a look of hope in dark situations, individual or collective. It brings a solid biblical and theological view of life after death. It was for me the best help I found in a mourning situation. As the autobiography of Jürgen Moltmann is called "The broad place", what a good title for this unifying and "shalom"bringing life and work. These books are finding echoes in various countries, and so are analysed in the French christian interdenominational internet site: [...]
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