ABSTRACT
Jürgen Moltmann (b. 1926) has developed over the past half century what might be designated as a trinitarian eschatology. In formulating this theology he has drawn on the thought of Søren Kierkegaard, but he has done so in quite circumscribed fashion. While he mentions Kierkegaard occasionally in his writings, most of his serious engagement with him is in relation to the concept of time. It is especially Kierkegaard’s notion of the “moment” as “an atom of eternity” that captured Moltmann’s imagination. Therefore, he took a moment from Kierkegaard and allowed the Dane’s perspective to influence his understanding of time, so central to his eschatology. In taking a moment from Kierkegaard he allows it to serve his own purposes which are determined by his communal interpretation of the triune God. This article’s three parts provide, first, an overview of Moltmann’s theological viewpoint that in its robust form is a trinitarian eschatology, second, an account of his use of Kierkegaard, and third, an interpretation of that use.
