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5 - Finding an Ending

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2024

Judith Wolfe
Judith Wolfe
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University of St. Andrews
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This chapter discusses the relationship of the imagination to Christian eschatology. It gives an account of the function of eschatological imagery in the Bible, discusses the changing ways in which art and literature have engaged Christian eschatology, and concludes with an account of a distinctly eschatological imagination.

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apocalypticWilliam BlakeStanley CavelldesireT. S. Eliotencountereschatological hopeeschatological imageseschatological imaginationeschatologyeschatology in artEucharistLast JudgementMichelangeloWilliam ShakespeareThe Tempesttheology and literatureRichard Wagner
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The Theological Imagination
Perception and Interpretation in Life, Art, and Faith
 , pp. 127 - 160
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Finding an Ending
  • Judith Wolfe, University of St. Andrews
  • Book: The Theological Imagination
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009519847.005
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  • Finding an Ending
  • Judith Wolfe, University of St. Andrews
  • Book: The Theological Imagination
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009519847.005
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  • Finding an Ending
  • Judith Wolfe, University of St. Andrews
  • Book: The Theological Imagination
  • Online publication: 09 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009519847.005
Available formats
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