A Swedenborg sampler [[electronic resource] ] : selections from Heaven and hell, Divine love and wisdom, Divine providence, True Christianity, Secrets of heaven / / Emanuel Swedenborg ; translated by George F. Dole, Lisa Hyatt Cooper, & Jonathan S. Rose ; [edited by Morgan Beard, Jonathan S. Rose, and Stuart Shotwell]

• Autore: Swedenborg Emanuel <1688-1772.>
• Pubblicazione: West Chester, Pa., : Swedenborg Foundation Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 230/.94
• Soggetto topico: New Jerusalem Church - Doctrines
• Altri autori: BeardMorgan RoseJonathan S ShotwellStuart <1953-> DoleGeorge F CooperLisa Hyatt
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents -- Introduction -- Heaven and Hell -- About Heaven and Hell -- What the World of Spirits Is -- Each of Us Is Inwardly a Spirit -- Our Revival from the Dead and Entry into Eternal Life -- After Death, We Are in a Complete Human Form -- After Death, We Enjoy Every Sense, Memory, Thought, and Affection We Had in the World: We Leave Nothing Behind except Our Earthly Body -- Our Nature after Death Depends on the Kind of Life We Led in the World -- After Death, the Pleasures of Everyone's Life Are Turned into Things That Correspond -- Divine Love and Wisdom -- About Divine Love and Wisdom[The Spiritual Sun] -- Divine Providence -- About Divine Providence -- Evils Are Permitted for a Purpose: Salvation -- Divine Providence is for Evil People and Good People Alike -- True Christianity -- About True Christianity -- Goodwill (or Loving Our Neighbor) and Good Actions -- There Are Three Universal Categories of Love: Love for Heaven -- Love for the World -- and Love for Ourselves -- When the Three Universal Categories of Love Are Prioritized in the Right Way They Improve Us -- When They Are Not Prioritized in the Right Way They Damage Us and Turn Us Upside DownAll Individual Members of Humankind Are the Neighbor We Are to Love, but [in Different Ways] Depending on the Type of Goodness They Have -- The Neighbor we are to Love Is Humankind on a Wider Scale in the Form of Smaller and Larger Communities and Humankind in the Aggregate as a Country of Such Communities -- On an Even Higher Level, the Neighbor We Are to Love Is the Church, and on the Highest Level, Our Neighbor Is the Lord's Kingdom -- Loving Our Neighbor Is Not in Fact Loving the Person but Loving the Goodness That Is inside the Person -- Goodwill and Good Actions Are Two Distinct Things: Wishing People Well and Treating Them Well -- Goodwill Itself Is Acting Justly and Faithfully in Our Position and Our Work and with the People with Whom We Interact -- Acts of Kindness Related to Goodwill Consist in Giving to the Poor and Helping the Needy, Although with Prudence -- The First Step toward Goodwill is Removing Evils -- The Second Step Is Doing Good Things That Are Useful to Our Neighbor -- As Long as We Believe That Everything Good Comes from the Lord, We Do Not Take Credit for the Things We Do As We Practice GoodwillA Life of Goodwill Is a Moral Life That Is Also Spiritual -- Secrets of Heaven -- About Secrets of Heaven -- The Essential Nature of the Word -- Summary of Genesis 1 -- The Inner Meaning of Genesis 1 -- Content and Mode in the Word -- Appendix: Theological Works Published by Emanuel Swedenborg.
• Titolo autorizzato: A Swedenborg sampler
• ISBN: 0-87785-615-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781517703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II