Living Apocalypse - Laughery, Gregory J.

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Résumé :
LIVING APOCALYPSE: A REVELATION READER AND A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED Everybody thinks about the end of the world. Various theories try to explain what might happen in the future, and many people believe that closure of some kind is inevitable. Debates among Christians along these lines are as frequent today as ever, generating questions like: Are we living in the end times? Will the world cease to exist as we know it? And if it all comes down, does it matter whose side we are on? These thought-provoking questions are addressed in this book, which points out the dangers of making faulty predictions and highlights possibilities for living faithfully in response to the instability of our times. Shining light on the complex imagery of the Apocalypse, Gregory J. Laughery guides readers through key terms and concepts and provides them with insights, as well as invaluable broader strategies of interpretation. The careful verse by verse exposition of the biblical text is intended for anyone interested in an imaginative and perceptive study of this dynamic story.

Biographie:
Gregory J. Laughery (D.Th., University of Fribourg, Suisse) lives and writes in Switzerland. This book is the next exciting step of the journey from time, narrative, and memory, to imagination. Living Imagination. Who Am I & What is Real? is the culmination of several years of reflection on Imagination and how it has been perceived by philosophers, poets, and theologians. Laughery shows that many, especially Christians, have viewed imagination negatively. His book critiques this inadequate 'picture' and replaces it with a much more positive orientation. He writes: When we lose the ability to understand that centaurs and dragons are more real than technology and mechanisms, we're in deep trouble. Impoverished imaginations destroy faith and meaning, whereas living imaginations promote them....

Sommaire:
Gregory J. Laughery (D.Th., University of Fribourg, Suisse) lives and writes in Switzerland. This book is the next exciting step of the journey from time, narrative, and memory, to imagination. Living Imagination. Who Am I & What is Real? is the culmination of several years of reflection on Imagination and how it has been perceived by philosophers, poets, and theologians. Laughery shows that many, especially Christians, have viewed imagination negatively. His book critiques this inadequate 'picture' and replaces it with a much more positive orientation. He writes: When we lose the ability to understand that centaurs and dragons are more real than technology and mechanisms, we're in deep trouble. Impoverished imaginations destroy faith and meaning, whereas living imaginations promote them....