The Apocalypse in Germany by Klaus Vondung

Author:Klaus Vondung [Vondung, Klaus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, History, Literary Criticism, German, European, Eschatology, Religion, Art, History and criticism, Germany, Europe, German literature - History and criticism, German literature, Christianity, Religious aspects, Nationalism, Germany - History - Philosophy, Apocalyptic literature, Apocalyptic art - Germany, Apocalyptic art, Nationalism - Germany - History, History - Religious aspects - Christianity
ISBN: 9780826212924
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2000-05-15T19:48:59+00:00

but it can be prosecuted with the prospect of success only with an awareness that it will never end. The apocalyptic belief in final redemption and the vision of an earthly paradise may easily mislead one to despise the struggle for more limited goals and ultimately make one incapable of such a struggle.

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PART THREE

Aesthetics of the Apocalypse

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C. Forms

There was a great earthquake: and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together: and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

Revelation 6:12—14

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