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Hope in the Last Judgement and Human Dignity
Author(s) -
Krötke Wolf
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of systematic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1468-2400
pISSN - 1463-1652
DOI - 10.1111/1463-1652.00040
Subject(s) - dignity , judgement , philosophy , environmental ethics , epistemology , realization (probability) , sociology , law , political science , mathematics , statistics
Reviewing modern criticisms of eschatological judgement, both theological and moral‐philosophical, this article argues that the notion of the last judgement by Jesus Christ constitutes the dignity of the human person. In modern industrial societies, assertions of autonomous human self‐realization rarely lead to human dignity. By contrast, God’s acts as creator, saviour and judge constitute human worth.