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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785655803321

Autore

Farrow Douglas <1953->

Titolo

Ascension theology / / Douglas Farrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : T&T Clark, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-283-08895-9

9786613088956

0-567-65188-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

232.97

Soggetti

Asceticism - Catholic Church

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Continuum imprint."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The upward call -- Re-imaginings -- Raising the stakes -- A question of identity -- Presence in absence -- The politics of the Eucharist -- Ascension and atonement -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Ascension Theology places the doctrine of the ascension in the context of the biblical narrative of descent and ascent, in order to shed light on 'the upward call of God in Christ Jesus' and on the eucharistic community that hears and answers that call.  It is a book for the Church as well as the academy.   Asension theology also offers a contemporary account of the Eucharist itself.  It addresses the relation of the heavenly session of Christ to the conflicting currents of the present age, and the transformation to the life of the world to come.  Specialist and non-specialist alike will find