A breakdown of millennialism and how it affects how we treat the world. We discuss Moltmann’s unique eschatology which doesn’t fit neatly into a-, pre-, or post- millennial framework.

A lively discussion of Liberation Theology and Moltmann’s interaction with Liberation theologians. Liberation Theology’s main concern of how best to stand with the oppressed is every bit as relevant today.

Metz, Schillebeeckx and Pannenberg were Moltmann's contemporaries who each developed their own theologies of hope. However, their magisterial Christianity hamstrung their theologies while Moltmann’s radical protestantism freed him to construct a more cohesive and transformational theology of hope.

A look at gnosticism and platonism and their influence on Christian theology.

In this episode we continue discussing Marcello Newall’s dissertation: Repairing the World: tikkun olam and Jurgen Moltmann’s Theology of Hope focusing on Moltman’s rediscovery of tikkun olam.

Resources referenced in the making of this podcast:

20th-Century Theology: God and the World in a Transitional Age by Stanley J. Grenz and Roger E. Olson

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/STx87_umQe2r1xq6byhbbA#/registration

We discuss the history of the concept of Tikkun Olam from biblical and rabbinical literature to the 21st century. And we continue to discuss how to keep hope alive.

Reference:

https://youtu.be/5EDKRGkgLsI?si=iJi5NG4vt7IP-gav

In this episode we begin discussing the PhD thesis of Dr. Marcello Newell entitled ‘Repairing the World’: Tikkun Olam and Jürgen Moltmann’s Theology of Hope. You can request a copy here: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/35434/ On the Leeds university site you need to “request a copy” where it says “download” and the system should allow you access to it.

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