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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816565603321

Autore

O'Callaghan Paul <1956->

Titolo

Christ our hope : an introduction to eschatology / / Paul O'Callaghan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Catholic University of America Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-8132-1904-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Disciplina

236

Soggetti

Eschatology

Hope - 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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Principal Abbreviations""; ""Part One. The Dynamic of Hope""; ""1. The Christian Virtue of Hope and the Epistemological Underpinnings of Christian Eschatology""; ""Part Two. The Object of Christian Hope""; ""2. Parousia: The Future Coming of the Lord Jesus in Glory""; ""3. The Resurrection of the Dead""; ""4. The New Heavens and the New Earth""; ""5. Final Judgment""; ""6. Heaven: Eternal Life in the Glory of Christ""; ""7. Hell: The Perpetual Retribution of the Sinner""; ""Part Three. The Stimulus of Hope in the World""; ""8. The Living Presence of the Parousia""

""Part Four. Honing and Purifying Christian Hope""""9. Death, the End of the Human Pilgrimage""; ""10. Purgatory: The Purification of the Elect""; ""11. The Implications of an “Intermediate Eschatology�""; ""Part Five. The Power and Light of Hope""; ""12. The Central Role of Christian Eschatologyin Theology""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""General Index""; ""Index of Names""