Endlichkeit und Unendlichkeit

The concept of infinity forms a challenge for many sciences: metaphysics and theology, physics and cosmology, the infinite number of possible worlds and the endless creation of ever new worlds, mathematics and the infinite. Even popular culture leads into the infinite expanses of the universe.
The topic of finitude and infinity is approached from many sides in this volume: Infinity as a fundamental predicate of God in contrast to the finiteness of the world, the Bible as a book of salvation history an invention of the Church Fathers, end-time mythology an invention of theological existentialism, claims to eternity in literature, infinity of religion in the finiteness of art and other exciting theses.