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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781376903321

Autore

Novello Henry L

Titolo

Death as transformation [[electronic resource] ] : a contemporary theology of death / / Henry L Novello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2011

ISBN

1-315-57595-7

1-317-15448-7

1-317-15447-9

1-283-11555-7

9786613115553

1-4094-2350-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

236/.1

Soggetti

Death - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Permissions; Introduction: The Open-Ended Nature of History; 1 The Conquest of Death by Jesus Christ: Real Time for Living; 2 The Proper Role of the Holy Spirit: Ecstatic Gift of Divine Communion; 3 The Positive Character of My Death as Assumed by Christ's Death: Perspectives on Death in Contemporary Theology; 4 Death as Sharing in the Admirable Exchange of Natures in the Person of Jesus Christ; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a significant repudiation of the traditional eschatological doctrines, both Catholic and Protestant, based on the key idea that human death, as a dying into the death of Christ, is to be construed positively as a salvific event that confers the plenitude of life to the human. Offering helpful critiques of selected contemporary theologians, Novello explores how the proposed theology of death has liturgical and pastoral implications for Christian faith and praxis.