Genesis and Apocalypse: ATheology Voyage Toward Authentic Christianity

by Thomas J. J. Altizer

Overview

Thomas Altizer's

Genesis and Apocalypse engages a theological history of Western culture through the works of Augustine, Luther, Barth, and other important figures in theology, as well as critical theorists such as Hegel and Nietzsche, to ultimately offer a Christology for our modern times.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664221836
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	05/01/1991
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Thomas J. J. Altizer is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is the author of a number of books, including The Self-Embodiment of God and History as Apocalypse.

Editorial Reviews

Altizer provides a radical analysis of Christian apocalypse as central to Christianity and rooted in the Christian account of creation. This intellectually demanding work analyzes Western Christian tradition (especially Paul, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, and Barth) and uses Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Nietszche, as well as Dante, Milton, Blake, and Joyce to arrive at a vision of humankind's end and hope. It also analyzes the antithesis of Christianity in the Buddhist account of emptiness and the absolute reversal of history. This important and controversial work belongs in all academic, seminary, and large public libraries.

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