The Kingdom And The Power: The Theology Of Jürgen Moltmann Theology Of Jürgen Moltmann Phantasie Für Das Reich Gottes. English

Here, a former pupil surveys Jurgen Moltmann's work, sketching out the personal, ecumenical and political background against which his books have been written. 1. In The Prison Camp: Liberation -- A Success Story? -- 'operation Gomorrah' -- The Quest For God Begins Near To Death -- The Bible Boy: Conversion To And With The Bible -- Friendship In A Foreign Land -- After Auschwitz: Only The Suffering God Can Help -- Imprisoned Yet Free -- 2. Community Against The Horizon Of The Rule Of Christ -- The Context: Steps Towards Independence -- The Focus Of The Programme: The Horizon Of The Rule Of Christ -- A Programmatic Writing Without An Echo -- 3. Hope, Or In The Undertow Of The Kingdom -- Bonn, 1964 -- Theology Of Hope: The Most Important Arguments -- (1) Bloch's Principle Of Hope Baptized? -- (b) Theology Of Hope: Basic Content -- A Retrospect -- 4. Everything Is Decided By The Cross -- El Dios Crucificado -- The Crucified God -- (a) Who Is God On The Cross Of The Godforsaken One? -- (b) Who Is This Man? -- (c) The Cross -- The Suffering God -- (d) Following The Crucified One -- The Compassionate -- Summary: The Programmatic Element In The Crucified God -- 5. In The Fellowship Of The Spirit Of God -- Convergences -- (a) The Trinitarian Dynamic -- (b) The 'oppressed Christians Throughout The World' -- (c) The Messianic Spirit Of God In A Time Of Uncertainty -- The Church In The Power Of The Spirit -- A Sketch Of The Content -- (a) 'the Church Of Jesus Christ' -- (b) 'the Church Of The Kingdom Of God' -- (c) 'the Church As A Community Of Messianic Service To The Kingdom Of God' -- Unclear Signals? Notes On A Programmatic Writing Which Is Not One -- (a) Comparisons With 'the Community Against The Horizon Of The Rule Of Christ' -- (b) Universalism And The Church -- (c) Church And Community -- (d) Ecclesiology And Ethics -- 6. On Being A Christian -- The Messianic Fragment -- Introduction: Why There Is No 'ethic' -- The Passion For The Kingdom -- Ethical Approaches -- Friendship In A Messianic Light -- The Quest For The Subject: Community -- People -- Humankind -- Fragment As Chance 7. Liberation Theology For The First World? -- The 1977 Turning Point -- Where Is Nowhere? -- Liberation Theology For The First World -- (a) The First Step: Separation -- (b) The Second Step: Identity -- (c) The Third Step: Integration -- 8. On Unification -- The Theology Of The Trinity As A Retelling Of God's History Of Love -- Convergences -- (a) 'unification Of God' -- An Argument For Trinitarian Thinking From Jewish Belief In God -- (b) The Abba Mystery -- Developments -- (a) God's Passion Narrative -- (b) The Salvation Of The World In The Passion Of God -- (c) Perichoresis And Movement -- The Practical Relevance Of Trinitarian Thinking -- Is Trinitarian Thinking A Form Of Mysticism? -- 9. Creation: The Wonder Of Existence -- Creation As Indwelling -- The Crown Of Creation: God's Sabbath -- Human Beings As The Image Of The Trinity -- The Partners And The Opponents -- For A Habitable World -- 10. Under Way On The Way Of The Messiah -- The Messianic --^ The 'way' Of Jesus Christ -- A 'postmodern' Christology -- In Conclusion: Two Impressions Of A Reader -- 11. The Superabundance Of The Power Of God -- God's Ruach -- Creative Power And Power Of Life -- Experience -- The Medium Of Ruach -- Living In The Spirit -- The Dynamic Of Grace -- (a) Liberation -- (b) Justification -- (c) Rebirth -- (d) Sanctification -- (e) Charismatic Power -- The Holy Spirit As Person -- 12. What Remains Is Expectation: The Coming Of God -- 'he Who Comes' -- Time In The Advent Of God -- What Will Become Of Me? -- (a) Resurrection Of The Flesh -- (b) Death And Sin -- (c) Where Are The Dead? -- Time Itself Becomes Different -- When God Is All In All -- The Restoration Of All Things -- Soli Deo Gloria -- In The Realm Of Glory -- 13. Contemporary And Comrade Of The Kingdom -- The Contemporary -- The Comrade Of The Kingdom -- Comrade And Friend -- Comradely Theology -- 14. Discovering The Inviting Mystery -- Messianism And Mysticism In Moltmann's Theology --^ The Central Theme: History In The Advent Of God -- World History As 'anonymous' Kingdom Of God History? -- A Speculative Theology? -- Talking About God Is Talking To God -- The Mystical Ground Of Theology -- Kingdom Of God -- Kingdom Of Freedom -- A Selection Bibliography Of The Works Of Jürgen Moltmann. Geiko Müller-fahrenholz ; [translated By John Bowden]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 249]-262).