Christian Hope and Christian Life: Raids on the Inarticulate - Couverture souple

Greer, Rowan A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0824519167 ISBN 13 : 9780824519162

Editeur : Crossroad Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

What is the destiny of the human soul in this life and the next? Dare we hope to “see God face to face,” or will our vision of God remain forever filtered “through a glass, darkly”? In this remarkable volume, Rowan A. Greer turns to the New Testament, the church fathers, and later writers to throw light on their own visions of the human soul. He suggests that Augustine of Hippo and Gregory of Nyssa represent two distinct strands of Christian thinking that find expression later in writers such as John Donne and Jeremy Taylor. Greer, who has trained two generations of historians and theologians in the rich thought of the early church, has succeeded in writing a volume that is both full of original scholarly insight and, by virtue of his elegant writing, accessible to laypeople and non-specialists.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

What is the destiny of the human soul in this life and the next? Dare we hope to see God face to face, or will our vision of God remain forever filtered through a glass, darkly? In this remarkable volume, Rowan A. Greer turns to the New Testament, the church fathers, and later writers to throw light on their own visions of the human soul. He suggests that Augustine of Hippo and Gregory of Nyssa represent two distinct strands of Christian thinking that find expression later in writers such as John Donne and Jeremy Taylor. Greer, who has trained two generations of historians and theologians in the rich thought of the early church, has succeeded in writing a volume that is both full of original scholarly insight and, by virtue of his elegant writing, accessible to laypeople and non-specialists.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Crossroad Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0824519167
• ISBN 13: 9780824519162
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible