What hope is there � for Klaus?
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2018
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This contribution engages with Klaus N�rnberger�s eschatology as expressed in his Invitation
to Systematic Theology. It suggests that his notion of Christian hope has to be understood in
terms of the triad of core concepts that he offers, namely creative power, benevolent
intentionality and a vision of comprehensive optimal well-being. These are dialectically related
as thesis, antithesis and synthesis. Moreover, this dialectic comes to expression in his
understanding of faith in the Triune God, namely as belief in God against God, God as Saviour
against God as Creator. Two questions regarding the vision of comprehensive optimal wellbeing
are raised in conversation with N�rnberger: Firstly, is the content of Christian hope
focused on optimal well-being itself, that God�s project will prevail, that the vision itself will
prevail or that God will prevail. Can these be treated as rough synonyms? Secondly, what are
the implications of the emphasis on God�s Word for N�rnberger�s eschatology? Does his
emphasis on conceptual clarification not allow a form of idealism that undermines his own
emphasis on the historical? If so, is there sufficient room for the consummation of all things as
part of the narrative of God�s work?
INTRA- AND INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS: This contribution is of an intradisciplinary nature
and is located within the field of Christian systematic theology. It is a review article that
engages critically with the position on eschatology adopted by Professor Klaus N�rnberger in
his two-volume work Faith in Christ Today (2016).
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Klaus N�rnberger, Invitation to Systematic Theology, Christian hope
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Conradie, E.M. (2018). What hope is there � for Klaus? Verbum et Ecclesia, 39(1): a1847.