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Apokalypse im Umbruch der Zeit: Von frühchristlichen Visionen bis zur neuen Deutung in der Offenbarung des Báb

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Books on Demand 2019Description: 88 pages 4 Illustrations 22.6 cm x 17.5 cm, 347 gISBN:
  • ISBN-10: 3748117949
  • ISBN-13: 9783748117940
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  • Apocalypse in the Changing Times From early Christian visions to a new interpretation in the revelation of the Bab
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An impending climate and eco-catastrophe and the threat to world peace: does the concern about the crises of globalization bring with it a new edition of apocalyptic fears for the future? The author, physicist and university professor, does not want to leave this topic to theologians, philosophers, ominous prophets or fundamentalists. He believes that the interpretation of apocalyptic and end-time images over almost two millennia shows one thing: it has always been due to the needs of the time and aimed at warding off different "enemy" powers. The book takes a look at the various stages of this end-time interpretation: from its reflection in Albrecht Dürer's art in the early Renaissance to the Enlightenment and the evangelical movement of our day. The author shows that the revelation of the 19th century Báb from Iran - and with it the Bahá'í religion - opens up a completely new chapter of interpretation in relation to John's New Testament apocalypse. It also sets an example for interreligious dialogue. Surprising - and challenging - should be the demystified interpretation of the apocalyptic woman in heaven in Chapter 12 of the Revelation of John in the answered questions' Abdu’l-Bahás. The apocalypse and the end times are allegorically interpreted here in connection with the revelation of the Bab. This view of the religious end times sees a new beginning and no end in the storms of the present. The Apocalypse becomes an allegory for the challenges of a new era of humanity.
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Eine drohende Klima- und Ökokatastrophe und die Gefährdung des Weltfriedens: Bringt die Sorge um die Krisen der Globalisierung eine Neuauflage apokalyptischer Zukunftsängste mit sich?

Der Autor, Physiker und Hochschullehrer, will dieses Thema nicht Theologen, Philosophen, Unheilspropheten oder Fundamentalisten überlassen. Er findet, dass die Deutung apokalyptischer und endzeitlicher Bilder über fast zwei Jahrtausende eines zeigt: Sie war schon immer den Nöten der jeweiligen Zeit geschuldet und auf die Abwehr unterschiedlicher „feindlicher“ Mächte ausgerichtet.

Das Buch wirft einen Blick auf vielfältige Etappen dieser endzeitlichen Deutung: von ihrer Widerspiegelung in der Epochen-Kunst Albrecht Dürers in der frühen Renaissance über die Zeit der Aufklärung bis hin zur evangelikalen Bewegung unserer Tage. Der Autor zeigt auf, dass die Offenbarung des Báb aus dem Iran des 19. Jahrhunderts – und mit ihr die Bahá’í-Religion – in ihren Bezügen zur neutestamentlichen Apokalypse des Johannes ein gänzlich neues Kapitel der Deutung eröffnet. Sie setzt damit auch Zeichen für den interreligiösen Dialog.

Überraschen - und herausfordern - dürfte die entmystifizierte Deutung der apokalyptischen Frau am Himmel im 12. Kapitel der Offenbarung des Johannes in den Beantworteten Fragen 'Abdu’l-Bahás. Apokalypse und Endzeit werden hier allegorisch im Zusammenhang mit der Offenbarung des Báb gedeutet. Diese Sicht auf religiöse Endzeit erblickt in den Stürmen der Gegenwart einen Neubeginn und kein Ende. Die Apokalypse wird zur Allegorie für die Herausforderungen einer neuen Ära der Menschheit.

An impending climate and eco-catastrophe and the threat to world peace: does the concern about the crises of globalization bring with it a new edition of apocalyptic fears for the future?

The author, physicist and university professor, does not want to leave this topic to theologians, philosophers, ominous prophets or fundamentalists. He believes that the interpretation of apocalyptic and end-time images over almost two millennia shows one thing: it has always been due to the needs of the time and aimed at warding off different "enemy" powers.

The book takes a look at the various stages of this end-time interpretation: from its reflection in Albrecht Dürer's art in the early Renaissance to the Enlightenment and the evangelical movement of our day. The author shows that the revelation of the 19th century Báb from Iran - and with it the Bahá'í religion - opens up a completely new chapter of interpretation in relation to John's New Testament apocalypse. It also sets an example for interreligious dialogue.

Surprising - and challenging - should be the demystified interpretation of the apocalyptic woman in heaven in Chapter 12 of the Revelation of John in the answered questions' Abdu’l-Bahás. The apocalypse and the end times are allegorically interpreted here in connection with the revelation of the Bab. This view of the religious end times sees a new beginning and no end in the storms of the present. The Apocalypse becomes an allegory for the challenges of a new era of humanity.

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