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Christ and counter-Christ; apocalyptic themes in theology and culture
1. Theological foundations -- a. apocalyptic interpretation of history -- the ongoing debate on apocalypticism -- the dualization of the world as history -- Christ and counter-Christ today -- b. the future as the source of freedom -- a hermeneutic of liberation -- the story of freedom in the bible -- the drive to freedom in atheism -- God as the liberator of mankind -- c. Resurrection hope and personal identity -- the underdeveloped theology of resurrection -- problems for a theology of the resurrection -- the resurrection as the eschatological event -- d. eschatology and ontology in conflict: a study of Paul Tillich's theology -- two types of categories -- from history to mysticism -- e. the rise and fall of secular Christianity -- facts of secular Christianity -- the fall of secular theology -- the rise of the new religiosity -- toward a counter-cultural faith
2. Counter-cultural concretions -- a. spirituality of hope -- the quest for a new spirituality -- the Spirit as eschatological experience -- b. apocalyptic theology of revolution -- the etymological chaos -- the anti-Christian passion of revolution -- the revolutionary Jesus -- apocalyptic perspectives -- the coming revolution -- c. toward an ecological theology -- from the existential to the ecological -- the denaturing of the future -- the apocalyptic vision of the world -- a new ethic for an Old World -- d. eschatology and the future of religions -- methodological reflections -- dogmatic reflections -- missiological reflections
