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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149403703321

Autore

Yates Stephen <1963->

Titolo

Between death and resurrection : a critical response to recent Catholic debate concerning the intermediate state / / Stephen Yates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2017

ISBN

9781501312298

1501312294

9781501312274

1501312278

9781501312304

1501312308

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 pages)

Disciplina

236/.4

Soggetti

Eschatology

Intermediate state - Biblical teaching

Intermediate state

Philosophical anthropology

Soul

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter One: Recent Catholic Debate Concerning the Intermediate State -- Chapter Two: Sacred Scripture and the Intermediate State -- Chapter Three: The Postmortem State--Atemporal or Nonatemporal? -- Chapter Four: The Intermediate State--Maintaining Personal Identity Through Death and Immediate Resurrection -- Chapter Five: Philosophical and Theological Objections to the Traditional Schema Addressed -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Christians look with hope to the resurrection of the dead and the restoration of all things. But what of those who have already died? Do they also await these things, or have they in some sense already happened for them? Within the Catholic theological community, this question has traditionally been answered in terms of the disembodied souls of human beings awaiting bodily resurrection. Since the 1960s,



Catholic theologians have proposed two alternatives: resurrection at death into the Last Day and the consummation of all things, or resurrection in death into an interim state in which the embodied dead await, with us, the final consummation of all things. This book critically examines the Scriptural, philosophical and theological reasons for these alternatives and, on the basis of this analysis, offers an account of the traditional schema which makes clear that in spite of these challenges it remains the preferable option."--Bloomsbury Publishing.