文档介绍：Time&Eternity
Antje Jackelén
Time&Eternity
The Question of Time in Church,
Science, and Theology
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Original German edition © 2002 Neukirchen-Vluyn
Translation by Barbara Harshaw
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jackelén, Antje.
[Zeit und Ewigkeit. English]
Time and eternity : the question of time in church, science, and theology /
Antje Jackelén.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 1-59947--- -075 -6 1. Time—Religious
aspects—Christianity. 2 eligion. R and science. I. Title.
2005
236—dc22
2005005325
Printed in the United States of America
05 06 07 08 09 10 10 9 87654321
To my teachers and my students
Contents
Preface to the English Edition ix
Preface to the German Edition xi
Introduction and Hermeneutical Approach
. No Concept of Time without Narrated Time:
Narrated Time in Hymns
Motivation—Why Hymns? /
Material /
Methods /
Quantitative Analysis /
Qualitative Analysis /
Summary and Preview /
. Biblical and Theological Conceptions of Time
On the Theological Understanding of the Problem of Time /
Time