Death and apocalypse in a time of fear. Issue 4 (5th December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Trelstad, Marit
• Is Part Of: Dialog. Volume 57:Issue 4(2018)
• Page Start: 263
• Page End: 270
• Publication Date: 2018-12-05
• Subjects: apocalypse -- Catherine Keller -- death -- feminist theology -- Martin Luther -- rapture; Theology -- Periodicals; 230.41
• DOI: 10.1111/dial.12434
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0012-2033

Abstract

Abstract: This article explores consequences of perpetuating apocalyptic patterns of thought and proposes that fear‐based responses produce passivity and exacerbate the ends they prophesy. Martin Luther proposed honest, faithful confidence when facing personal death and the end of the world. Catherine Keller stressed that apocalyptic logic and fear excite violence and propagate death. Faithfulness in love, connection to others, and refusal to collapse the world into binaries offer tonic for fear.