{"product_id":"tradition-and-apocalypse-an-essay-on-the-future-of-christian-belief-hardcover","title":"Tradition and Apocalypse: An Essay on the Future of Christian Belief - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Bentley Hart\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the two thousand years that have elapsed since the time of Christ, Christians have been as much divided by their faith as united, as much at odds as in communion. And the contents of Christian confession have developed with astonishing energy. How can believers claim a faith that has been passed down through the ages while recognizing the real historical contingencies that have shaped both their doctrines and their divisions?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this carefully argued essay, David Bentley Hart critiques the concept of \"tradition\" that has become dominant in Christian thought as fundamentally incoherent. He puts forth a convincing new explanation of Christian tradition, one that is obedient to the nature of Christianity not only as a \"revealed\" creed embodied in historical events but as the \"apocalyptic\" revelation of a history that is largely identical with the eternal truth it supposedly discloses. Hart shows that Christian tradition is sustained not simply by its preservation of the past, but more essentially by its anticipation of the future. He offers a compelling portrayal of a living tradition held together by apocalyptic expectation--the promised transformation of all things in God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Critique of the Concept of \"Tradition\" That Dominates Christian Thought\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the two thousand years that have elapsed since the time of Christ, Christians have been as much divided by their faith as united, as much at odds as in communion. And the contents of Christian confession have developed with astonishing energy. How can believers claim a faith that has been passed down through the ages while recognizing the real historical contingencies that have shaped both their doctrines and their divisions?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this carefully argued essay, leading theologian David Bentley Hart critiques the concept of \"tradition\" that has become dominant in Christian thought as fundamentally incoherent. He puts forth a convincing new explanation of Christian tradition, one that is obedient to the nature of Christianity not only as a \"revealed\" creed embodied in historical events but as the \"apocalyptic\" revelation of a history that is largely identical with the eternal truth it supposedly discloses. Hart shows that Christian tradition is sustained not simply by its preservation of the past, but more essentially by its anticipation of the future. He offers a compelling portrayal of a living tradition held together by apocalyptic expectation--the promised transformation of all things in God. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tradition is not the preservation or development of a body of knowledge or cultic practices but the continuity of faith in and hope of the final apocalypse when all that remains is love--so argues David Hart in this brilliant book, which bristles with insights that are sure to both provoke and encourage.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJohn Behr\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Aberdeen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTradition and Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to abandon every anxious traditionalism in order to inhabit the only kind of tradition Christianity can actually be: that strange discursive tradition--patient and radical, generous and revolutionary--demanded by the permanent ferment of its apocalyptic origin and its final telos in the coming of the Kingdom of God. We have dogma and history only as we find them suspended between the advent and the final apotheosis of the Gospel apocalypse. That faith must own both dogma and history in this way is the summons of this extraordinary book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePhilip G. Ziegler\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Aberdeen; author of \u003ci\u003eMilitant Grace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Bentley Hart\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, University of Virginia) is a philosopher and a religious studies scholar whose work encompasses a wide range of subjects and genres. He has taught at the University of Virginia, the University of St. Thomas, Loyola College in Maryland, Providence College, and Saint Louis University. In 2015, he was granted a Templeton Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. Hart has written numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty of the Infinite\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Testament: A Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil and Pierre Gernet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheological Territories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThat All Shall Be Saved\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767346135328,"sku":"9780801039386","price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c2a0b309cec1fc087adb3897b297804d.webp?v=1780309550","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tradition-and-apocalypse-an-essay-on-the-future-of-christian-belief-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}