Eternal life and human happiness in heaven : philosophical problems, Thomistic solutions /

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"Considers four apparent problems of eternal life--is heaven a mystical or social reality, is it other-worldly or this-worldly, is it static or dynamic, is it boring?--and shows how the teachings of Thomas Aquinas support more satisfying solutions than many contemporary philosophical and theolo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Christopher M. (Christopher Mark) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2021]
Temas:
Thomas, > Aquinas, Saint, > 1225?-1274.
Catholic Church > Doctrines.
Église catholique > Doctrines.
Catholic Church.
Future life > Christianity.
Happiness > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Philosophy, Medieval.
Philosophical theology.
Bonheur > Aspect religieux > Église catholique.
Philosophie médiévale.
Théologie philosophique.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Eschatology
Theology, Doctrinal.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Four Apparent Problems Concerning Eternal Life
  • 1. Contemporary Philosophy and Theology and Two Problems concerning the Nature of Heaven
  • 2. Contemporary Philosophy and Theology and a Third Problem concerning the Nature of Heaven
  • 3. Contemporary Philosophy and Theology and the Problem of the Tedium of (Heavenly) Immortality
  • Part 2. St. Thomas on the Essential Reward in Heaven
  • 4. Human beatitudo in Heaven
  • 5. The Essential Reward I: The Essential Characteristics of the Beatific Vision
  • 6. The Essential Reward II: The Primary and Secondary Objects of the Beatific Vision
  • 7. The Essential Reward III: The Beatific Vision as Participation in God's Eternal Life
  • 8. The Essential Reward IV: The Proper Accidents of the Beatific Vision
  • Part 3. St. Thomas on the Accidental Reward in Heaven
  • 9. The Accidental Reward I: The Relative Importance of Embodiment for Human Happiness in Heaven
  • 10. The Accidental Reward II: Resurrection Bodies
  • 11. The Accidental Reward III: Glorified Bodies
  • 12. The Accidental Reward IV: The Communion of the Saints, the Aureoles, and the Fruits
  • 13. The Accidental Reward V: Nonhuman Material Beings in Heaven
  • Part 4. Thomistic Solutions to Four Apparent Problems Concerning Eternal Life
  • 14. A Thomistic Solution to PNH-I: The Goods of the Beatific Vision and the City of God, Rightly Ordered
  • 15. A Thomistic Solution to PNH-II: Transfigured Human Embodiment
  • 16. A Thomistic Solution to PNH-III: Heaven as Perfectly Dynamic
  • 17. A Thomistic Solution to the Problem of the Tedium of Heavenly Immortality
  • Conclusion.

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