Escatologia e cosmologia científica

do impasse à interação

Autores

  • Robson Barbosa Silva Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB) - Miami International Seminary (MINTS) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3616-4707
  • Robert John Russell Centro de Teologia e Ciências Naturais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/ua.v29i47.e73681

Palavras-chave:

Klaus Nürnberger, John Polkinghorne, cosmologia científica e o fim previsto de toda vida no universo, ressurreição corpórea de Jesus, método da mútua interação criativa, criação ex vetere, escatologia como transformação do universo, Ted Peters, tempo na eternidade, Wolfhart Pannenberg

Resumo

Dentre as muitas pesquisas acadêmicas sobre as abordagens históricas e contemporâneas à escatologia cristã, poucas tratam da relação entre escatologia e cosmologia científica. É o propósito deste ensaio tratar disso. Eu começo com um breve sumário acerca da importância da escatologia para a teologia cristã contemporânea. Em seguida, apresento uma visão geral da cosmologia científica, seus cenários anteriores para o futuro distante do cosmo — “congelar ou fritar” — e, mais recentemente, a descoberta de que a expansão do universo está acelerando. Essas previsões desafiam severamente aquelas versões da escatologia cristã baseadas na ressurreição de Jesus e, por analogia, na transformação do universo na nova criação. Várias abordagens recentes a esse desafio são resumidas, incluindo aquelas de Denis Edwards, Jürgen Moltmann, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Ted Peters, John Polkinghorne e a minha.

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Biografia do Autor

Robson Barbosa Silva, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB) - Miami International Seminary (MINTS)

Licenciado em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Estadual da Paraíba (UEPB). Mestrando em Estudos Teológicos pelo Miami International Seminary (MINTS).

Robert John Russell , Centro de Teologia e Ciências Naturais

Professor Ian G. Barbour de Teologia e Ciência em Residência na Graduate Theological Union (GTU), em Berkeley, Califórnia, e o fundador e diretor do Centro de Teologia e Ciências Naturais (CTNS). 

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2026-06-06

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Silva, R. B., & Russell , R. J. (2026). Escatologia e cosmologia científica: do impasse à interação. Último Andar, 29(47), e73681. https://doi.org/10.23925/ua.v29i47.e73681

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