The end of time? :  the provocation of talking about God : proceedings of a meeting of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Johann Baptist Metz, Jürgen Moltmann, and Eveline Goodman-Thau in Ahaus / 
edited by Tiemo Rainer Peters and Claus Urban ; English edition translated and edited by J. Matthew Ashley. 
 - English ed. 
 - Mahwah, N.J. :  Paulist Press,  ©2004. 
 - xiv, 104 pages ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>"Why do we do theology?" / Tiemo Rainer Peters -- The end of time / Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger -- God : against the myth of the eternity of time / Johann Baptist Metz -- God, sin, and suffering : a conversation / Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Johann Baptist Metz -- From the beginning of time in God's presence / Jürgen Moltmann -- Writing history as a messianic hermeneutics / Eveline Goodman-Thau -- The provocation of talking about God : a discussion / the participants -- Epilogue : what is it time for? / Jürgen Werbick. 
<br/><br/> On the occasion of his seventieth birthday, Professor Johann Baptist Metz, professor emeritus of theology at the University of Münter, was joined by joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Defense of the faith, as well as by Eveline Goodman-Thau, a Jewish philosopher of religion, and Protestant theologian Jürgen Moltmann, for a meeting at Ahaus Palace on the subject of God and the end of time.  Readers will appreciate this thought-provoking work, translated for the first time from German, which offers them the unique opportunity to listen in on what was a significant forum of theologian who contributed differing perspectives on this fascinating topic. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0809141701 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004013311 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>God (Christianity)--Congresses.<br/>Eschatology--Congresses.<br/>Time--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT 103  / .E5313 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>230