Bücher von Jürgen Moltmann

Famous theologian Jürgen Moltmann returns here to the theme that he so powerfully addressed in his groundbreaking work, Theology of Hope. In the twenty-first century, he tells us, hope is challenged by ideologies and global trends that would deny hope and even life itself. Terrorist violence, social and economic inequality, and most especially the looming crisis of climate change all contribute to a cultural moment of profound despair. Moltmann reminds us that Christian faith has much to say in response to a despairing world. In "the eternal yes of the living God," we affirm the goodness and ongoing purpose of our fragile humanity. Likewise, God's love empowers us to love life and resist a culture of death. The book's two sections equally promote these affirmations, yet in different ways. The first section looks at the challenges to hope in our current world, most especially the environmental crisis. It argues that Christian faith-and indeed all the world's religions-must orient themselves toward the wholeness of the human family and the physical environment necessary to that wholeness. The second section draws on resources from the early church, the Reformation, and the contemporary theological conversation to undergird efforts to address the deficit of hope he describes in the first section.

Part of Moltmann's contributions to systematic theology, this is an invitation to openness and the affirmation of life. A truly charismatic book, offering new hope and vision.

In den hier zusammengestellten Beiträgen zur trinitarischen Theologie versucht Jürgen Moltmann die von ihm entwickelte "soziale Trinitätslehre" im Blick auf die Geschichte des Heils und die menschliche Gotteserfahrung auszulegen. Zugleich geht es ihm darum, die Trinität im Blick auf die Zukunft der Geschichte und die menschliche Gotteserwartung zu erkennen.

Dieses Buch will der Orientierung der Kirche dienen - nicht als Lehrbuch im akademischen Sinne, sondern mehr noch als Ermutigung und Anleitung zur Praxis einer Kirche der Hoffnung.

Modern humanity has accepted a truncated, impoverished definition of life. Focusing solely on material realities, we have forgotten that joy, purpose, and meaning come from a life that is both immersed in the temporal and alive to the transcendent. We have, in other words, ceased to live in...

Hoffnungstheologie gegen die VerzagtheitPropheten blicken nicht in die Zukunft voraus, sie sagen vielmehr an, was in einer bestimmten Zeit zu erinnern, zu fordern und zu tun ist. So geben Propheten Orientierung in der Gegenwart. In diesem Sinne ist die Theologie Jürgen Moltmanns immer auch eine prophetische Theologie gewesen. Eine Rede von Gott, die in der Gegenwart gründet und auf das Handeln für eine bessere Zukunft hin gerichtet ist, eine politische Theologie der Hoffnung.Dieses Buch führt wesentliche Beiträge des theologisch-politischen Denkens Moltmanns in einem Band zusammen. Nüchterne Bestandsaufnahmen von Wirklichkeit, die aus der Botschaft biblischer Verheißung Kraft gegen Verzagtheit gewinnen und Mut für Zukunft schöpfen.

Jürgen Moltmann hat die Aufbruchsstimmung der 1960er-Jahre maßgeblich mitgeprägt. Jetzt ergreift er das Wort in einer Zeit, in der jeder Reformwille dem Verlangen nach Sicherheit gewichen ist. Dennoch: Eine andere Welt ist möglich. Wo Hoffnung das Denken beherrscht, wird das Denken zum Transzendieren. Das feste Land der Wirklichkeit ist immer umgeben von einem Meer der Möglichkeiten. Das sehr persönliche Fazit eines großen theologischen Denkers: Wer auf Gott hofft, rechnet auch mit den Möglichkeiten Gottes.

Mit diesem Band führt Jürgen Moltmann sein Werk "Systematische Beiträge zur Theologie" weiterChristliche Eschatologie folgt in allen persönlichen, geschichtlichen und kosmischen Dimensionen diesem christologischen Muster: im Ende- der Anfang. Jürgen Moltmann geht es um die spezielle Hoffnungslehre, also um die Erwartungshorizonte für das persönliche Leben, für das politische und geschichtliche Leben und für das Leben des Kosmos: Was ist und wie wirkt die Hoffnung auf ewiges Leben, auf das Reich Gottes, auf den neuen Himmel und die neue Erde? Was ist und wie wirkt die Hoffnung auf die Herrlichkeit für Gott selbst.

This work represents a statement of the importance for theology of eschatology - and of an eschatological theology which emphasizes the revolutionary effect of Christian hope upon the thought, institutions and conditions of life in the here and now.

The Politics of Discipleship and Discipleship in Politics is a work of dialog and cooperation at every level. At the core of this volume are lectures by Jurgen Moltmann, originally delivered at two Mennonite seminaries at the height of the Cold War. Theologians at those seminaries then responded to each of Moltmann''s lectures, and those are included as well. Added to this collection are: a new essay by Moltmann on peacemaking and dragonslaying, a new foreword by Willard Swartley, and a new preface by Moltmann. In this post-9/11 world, this dialog has fresh relevance.The first step to peace is to accept the difference of the other as gift from God. For who can will to annihilate what is received as gift? The penetrating essays in this book are a wonderful testimony of theological work born out of honest engagement, precisely because each author accepts that truth is not a possession and hence its custody is shared, even with those once perceived as adversary. If there is such a thing as pedagogical non-violence this book is a fine exhibit. --Harry J. HuebnerCanadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, CanadaWhile the immediate threat of nuclear disaster has receded since this dialogue between Moltmann and several Mennonite scholars in the 80s, the reality of war has not. In this collection, enriched with a recent essay by Moltmann arguing that ""the love of enemies is a realistic ethic of responsibility,"" Mennonites and Moltmann fruitfully push each other to clarify Lutheran, Reformed, and pacifist ethics in response to evil. --Gayle Gerber KoontzAssociated Mennonite Biblical SeminaryJurgen Moltmann is Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology in the Protestant Faculty of the University of Tubingen, Germany. Among his many important and award-winning works are The Coming of God, The Source of Life, God for a Secular Society, and Experiences in Theology.Willard Swartley (editor) is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, editor of numerous books, and author of over a half dozen, with the latest, Covenant of Peace: The Missing Piece in New Testament Theology and Ethics.

""And he began to teach them: 'The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the high priests and the learned scribes, and be put to death, and after three days rise again.'""Mark 8:31-38Two of the most eminent theologians of our age share their penetrating meditations on the passion of Jesus Christ as recorded in Mark 8:31-38. This is a book for anyone willing to respond to Christ's call to follow Him so that through His suffering and death our own is bearable. In the words of Moltmann, ""and as it becomes bearable, it has already been overcome and turned into joy."" Metz exhorts his readers to contemplate the way of the cross: ""Only when we Christians give ear to the dark prophecy of the nameless, unrecognized, misunderstood, and misprised Passion do we hear aright the message of His suffering.""

Building on the conviction of ethics of hope, this title states that Christian existence and social matters are inextricably tied together in the political sphere. It unfolds author's ethics in light of eschatology, clearly distinguishing it from prior and competing visions of Christian ethics.

Completes the systematic theology which Moltmann began in 1980. Offers a rich discussion of belief in life after death, messianic eschatology and cosmic eschatology as advocated down history by its representatives.

Based on lectures given in predominantly secular institutions. Issues discussed include: political theology, liberation theology, ecology and human rights, globalism and individualism, the market and human dignity.

A collection of theological essays on the themes of hope and fear by one of the most important theologians of the present day.

This new book takes forward Professor Moltmann's thought on the Trinity during the 1980s, following the publication of his classic study 'The Trinity and the Kingdom of God'. It begins with a survey of the doctrine of the Trinity today, which sees the main issues as being the social doctrine of the Trinity, gender and the Trinity, and the Trinity and the cross, and ends with a fascinating retrospect, 'my theological career'.

This book based on public lectures provides an accessible introduction to the work of one of Europe's great theologians. Moltmann looks towards a future in which God will restore everything; this is the great hope which strengthens our little hopes.

The first volume of his systematic theology.

Comprised of four lectures and two sermons, Passion for God provides a unique look into the theological perspectives of renowned theologians Jurgen Moltmann and Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel, each a preeminent figure in the proliferation of contemporary theology in the twentieth...

Jurgen Moltmann explores the existential questions and explicit theological concerns raised by modern science, at a time when theology is widely regarded as insignificant. The issues he discusses include: the theological dimension of science, bioethics, God and space and the meaning of "creation".

Provides a methodological afterword (rather than a foreword) to his systematic contributions to theology. Presents theology as an adventure of ideas, shaped by his personal career and the political context through which he has lived.

The Politics of Discipleship and Discipleship in Politics is a work of dialog and cooperation at every level. At the core of this volume are lectures by Jurgen Moltmann, originally delivered at two Mennonite seminaries at the height of the Cold War. Theologians at those seminaries then responded to each of Moltmann's lectures, and those are included as well. Added to this collection are: a new essay by Moltmann on peacemaking and dragonslaying, a new foreword by Willard Swartley, and a new preface by Moltmann. In this post-9/11 world, this dialog has fresh relevance.

This 3rd volume in his systematic contributions to theology is devoted to christology. Biblical and narrative in character rather than patristic and dogmatic it looks at the ecological significance of Christ, developing Teilhard de Chardin's views.

An accessible introduction to the life and thought of one of the most influential theologians of our time.

Moltmann considers the interrelation of Christian concepts and doctrines with the aim of overcoming schism both within the churches and with Judaism. Offers profound insight into the relationship between suffering and God.