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...Christian theology what France is to wine, and Moltmann, 51, a colleague of Küng's at the University of Tubingen, is one of its most eminent Protestant thinkers. Moltmann's first major work, The Theology of Hope (1964), based on the somewhat neglected promise of Christ's coming reign in a kingdom of righteousness, was a ringing call to optimism and activism during the days of "God is dead" theology. Then, in The Crucified God (1972), he looked back to Christ's Passion as proof that God is not aloof but has surrendered himself...
...third book, newly translated into English, is a study of the doctrine of the church-the church being defined as "the present realization of the remembrance and hope of Christ." Moltmann believes that the church, caught in the ambiguities of the present, must grasp both the past and the future. Without this balance, he warns, the maintenance of church institutions can become all-important, and belief in Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection could "decay into a powerless historical recollection...
...broad time perspective is also needed in order to revitalize the church's mission in the world. For Moltmann, such doctrines as the Atonement and the Second Coming are not invitations to escape from the world but imperatives for increased involvement in it, since Christ is involved in both past and future human history. Moltmann has no quarrel with conversion-minded missionary activity. But he emphasizes a "qualitative mission" that works for human understanding. His vision is also profoundly political: he believes that the church must suffer with the oppressed and reject the materialistic values that are "the driving...
...exhibit each open to show another artistic entity, another group of--yes, again--masterpieces. Unlike Russian dolls, however, these paintings demand individual recognition. Old favorites compete for attention: Ingres's Odalisque a l'Esclave, Degas's Cotton Merchants, David's Portrait of Sieyes, Rembrandt's Head of Christ, Rubens's Quo Ego, Poussins's Holy Family...these call insistently for the observers to immerse themselves in the world set up by the painting, to enter, look, note and depart. No one observant could refuse them. But there are new discoveries here, too--and they are perhaps even more intriguing, because...
...essence, Kirchner has produced music for a pageant - the pageantry in this case being the external processions of Henderson's mind. Sensing this, Director Tom O'Horgan (Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar) has rolled out the ribbons and ordered up some eye-catching costumes from Designer Randy Barcelo. The first entrance of the natives has a typically splendiferous O'Horgan touch. The sun rises to reveal Princess Mtalba sitting high atop a pyramidlike structure. Then the queen is discovered in a formal pose just below her. Then the entire population of the village emerges from under the queen...