Jürgen Moltmann’s Theology of Hope has had a profound influence on contemporary eschatology. This collection features two works that expound on and critique how this German theologian’s thought offers hope and a call to action. Margaret Adam’s Our Only Hope provides a critical review of Moltmann’s eschatology and examines it in the light of contemporary economic, environmental, and military crisis. And in The Annihilation of Hell, Nik Ansell asks whether the salvation Moltmann proposes can honor human freedom, promise vindication for those who suffer, and do justice to biblical revelation.

The question of our humanity has never been more pressing or uncertain. As human beings, is our nature simply biological? What is the place of philosophy and theology in determining our self-understanding? Are we dependent on our relationships with one another? Are we creatures created by God? Is our physical death an end of our being? All these questions are discussed in this book, which addresses the question of what it is to be human, made in the image of God. Its twelve essays cover a wide range of perspectives ranging from the Bible to issues in science and gender.