@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt9m0t4j.6, ISBN = {9781451469288}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9m0t4j.6}, abstract = {In the preceding two chapters, we examined the turn to eschatology in the writings of Metz and Schillebeeckx as they attempted to respond to the cultural pressures faced by the European church in the 1960s. Initially, their distinctly modern approaches to eschatology allowed both theologians to champion a practical eschatology that operated rather comfortably within the wider cultural context. As we observed, however, it was not long before both theologians grew increasingly sensitive to the subsequent overidentification of the hope of Christianity with the hope of modern culture. This sensitivity to the nonidentity of eschatological and societal hope only would}, bookauthor = {Steven M. Rodenborn}, booktitle = {Hope in Action: Subversive Eschatology in the Theology of Edward Schillebeeckx and Johann Baptist Metz}, pages = {115--166}, publisher = {Augsburg Fortress, Publishers}, title = {Schillebeeckx Contends with a History Marked by Suffering: Contrast Experiences and a Search for Eschatological Hopeʹs Positive Orientation}, year = {2014} }