Category - eschatology

Evangelicals to explore eco-crisis and Christian hope

staff writers — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:12:39 +0000

As more evangelical Christians become involved in ecological causes a leading training college in the UK is to hold a conference exploring the relationship between notions about 'end times' and working for the environment.

The End is Nigh in new Vatican art exhibition

staff writers — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:53:57 +0100

The End is Night - or then again, perhaps it isn't. That is the message of "Apocalypse: the Final Revelation", an art exhibition inaugurated this week in the Sistine Hall of the Vatican Museums which aims to cast new light on a controversial biblical book.

Endism is nigh, texts are tricky

Simon Barrow — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:09:49 +0000

Simon Barrow says that beyond the popular scriptural fantasising which feeds much religion on the internet, there are processes of scriptural reasoning which produce a dynamic, fruitful bond between the Bible to lived reality.

End-times 'rapture' theology is nuts, says New Testament expert

staff writers — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:45:19 +0000

A leading scholar has said that the end-times rapture theology propagated by many fundamentalist Christian groups, and said to be an influence within the Bush White House, is unbiblical and basically ‚Äúnuts‚Äù.