Time, Existence and Destiny

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This book explicates a Christian existentialist and personalistic philosophy of time, its meaning and implications for human destiny. Chronos or common time is given a qualitative intensity in kairos or time confronted by eternity in the present moment. This gives special meaning to destiny, for it gives a special dimension to eschaton or the end-time, which is somewhat futuristic but also destiny-making as fulfilled time. Both personal life and history are charged with special depths of significance thru kairos and eschaton.

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Howard A. Slaatte

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«He treats the basic questions with insight and forceful defense, and few writers provide a better introduction to the thought of the great thinkers such as Berdyaev, Kierkegaard, and Tillich.» (Joseph B. Mow, West Virginia Wesleyan College)
«A book by Dr. Slaatte is always a very important event. In this rapid, fast changing world where superficial books are produced wholesale, his books are always as important as they are challenging. In this he reminds us of Toynbee. The secret of his amazing creativity actually involves two significant factors. While, on the one hand, he aims at truth by means of that synoptic method which tries to see all the relevant facts and their relationships, on the other hand, he maintains that same sense of balance which is so necessary in our fast changing world.» (Arthur W. Munk, Professor Emeritus, Albion College)
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