Creation, Eschaton, and Ethics

Download or read book Creation, Eschaton, and Ethics written by Douglas James Schuurman and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This incisive study concerns the ways in which theological claims about creation's original and final perfection shape social ethics. Schuurman argues that prominent 20th century theologians Emil Brunner and Jurgen Moltmann wrongly envision the eschaton as radically discontinuous with creation, and that this discontinuity coheres with serious inadequacies in their social ethics. His thesis is that continuity between creation and eschaton is necessary if Christian social ethics is to avoid dualistic understandings of love and justice, personal and impersonal values, church and world, revolutionism and conservatism. Schuurman establishes theological groundwork for a social ethic that calls for continuous transformation of social institutions and structures."