Christian dying : witnesses from the tradition /

We human beings are mortal. Our lives in this world inevitably terminate in death. This reality, however, need not cause us to despair, since Jesus Christ has gone before us into the far country of death, giving us hope that this defining feature of our earthly lives is not the end, but instead is a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kalantzis, George (Editor ), Levering, Matthew, 1971- (Editor ), Billings, J. Todd (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2018]
Temas:
Death > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Mort > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Death > Religious aspects > Christianity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The unbearability of annihilation : Job's challenge to his creator / Matthew Levering
  • "What have I become, my sweetest friend?" Death and its passions in the early church / Michel René Barnes
  • Growth towards final freedom : Gregory of Nyssa on death and eternal life / Brian E. Daley, S.J.
  • Two ancient Christian views on suffering and death / John C. Cavadini
  • "O the wonder! What is this mystery which has happened to us?" Death and dying in the Orthodox Christian tradition / Marcus Plested
  • The father's vindication of the world / Mark McIntosh
  • Dying for the last time : Martin Luther on Christian death / David Luy
  • The training for dying and death : a new reading of Bulgakov's sophiology / Paul L. Gavrilyuk
  • In the realm of apocalypse : Heidegger and the impossibility of Christian death / Cyril O'Regan
  • "I go and know not whither" : death, eternity, and the immortality of the soul in Karl Barth / Marc Cortez
  • A good Christian death / Brent Waters
  • Resting in peace of Jesus : Christian living toward dying / Gilbert Meilaendar.

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