Search for dissertations about: "Eschatology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the word Eschatology.

  2. 1. Hope and Otherness : Christian Eschatology in an Interreligious Context

    Author : Jakob Wirén; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Joseph Ratzinger; Jewish Theology; Muslim Theology; Comparative Theology; Religious Otherness; Theology of Religions; Eschatology; Jürgen Moltmann; Wolfhart Pannenberg; John Hick; Gavin D’Costa; S Mark Heim; Mujtaba Musavi Lari; Fazlur Rahman; William C Chittick; Michael Wyschogrod; Stephen Schwarzschild; Neil Gillman;

    Abstract : This study explores the question of the place and role of the religious Other in contemporary eschatology. It has three basic aims. First, to investigate how and to what extent ‘theological integrity’ of the religious Other is articulated in the eschatologies of some influential contemporary Christian theologians. READ MORE

  4. 2. Negotiating Heresy : The Reception of Origen in Jerome's Eschatological Thought

    Author : Katarina Pålsson; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jerome of Stridon; Origen of Alexandria; the Origenist Controversy; the Jovinianist Controversy; the Pelagian Controversy; Heresiology; Eschatology; Early Christian Asceticism; Resurrection; Salvation;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the reception of Origen of Alexandria (185-253/54) in the eschatological thought ofJerome of Stridon (347-419/20). Jerome, who was a Christian ascetic writer and a biblical commentator, relied heavily on Origen’s works during the first part of his career. READ MORE

  5. 3. Refreshing & Restoration : Two Eschatological Motifs in Acts 3:19-21

    Author : Göran Lennartsson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bible; messianism; restoration; eschatology; Luke; New testament; Bibelvetenskap;

    Abstract : This study explores the meaning of the two expressions 'times of refreshing' and 'time to restore everything' in Acts 3:19.21. These two eschatological motifs appear in a speech that the apostle Peter made, according to Luke's presentation, in the Jerusalem temple in the beginning of the 30s. READ MORE

  6. 4. "Unsought, presented so easily" : A Phenomenological Study of Awe in the Poetical Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins

    Author : Elisabet Dellming; Paul Schreiber; Kevin Hart; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gerard Manley Hopkins; poetry; awe; experience; phenomenol-ogy; the sensuous; metaphor; époche; invisible life; revelation; eschatology; English; engelska;

    Abstract : As a phenomenon, awe is not reducible to any combination of distinct elements such as wonder, fear or reverence, but combines all of these together with surprise or even anguish. The metaphors with which awe can be described therefore never fully define what it feels like to be affected by awe: awe is motion, elevation, lightness, and flight. READ MORE

  7. 5. Jesus and the Forgiveness of Sins: An Aspect of His Prophetic Mission

    Author : Tobias Hägerland; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bible; New Testament; Gospels; historical Jesus; early Judaism; criteria; tradition; sin; forgiveness; christology; ecclesiology; priests; prophets; angels; blasphemy; healing; illness; faith; eschatology; restoration; Isaiah; Messiah; rhetoric; Progymnasmata; chreia; apomnemoneuma;

    Abstract : This study investigates the topic of forgiveness of sins in the mission of the historical Jesus. Gospel material that pertains to the question is authenticated by the use of criteria for historicity and interpreted within the wider context of first-century Judaism as part of a broader reconstruction of Jesus’ career as a healer and prophet. READ MORE