Troubled Paradise: Limited Salvation and the Problem of Heavenly Grief - Couverture rigide

Reitan, Eric

 
9781666765342: Troubled Paradise: Limited Salvation and the Problem of Heavenly Grief
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1666765341 ISBN 13 : 9781666765342
Editeur : Cascade Books, 2024

Synopsis

Grief over the loss of those we love is one of the most painful parts of life. But Christianity has long offered consolation to those who grieve in the form of the Easter promise. Death is not the end. Beyond it lies a realm of perfect joy, where mourning is no more and every tear is wiped away. But won't this promise have limits if, as Christians have traditionally believed, some of God's creatures are eternally lost? Can I really be perfectly happy in heaven if, say, my children are damned or annihilated? And what about the Christian teaching that those in heaven are morally sanctified? Doesn't this mean they will be perfected in a love so wide it includes even our enemies--and hence the lost? While delving deeply into the nature of grief and its relation to Christian ethics, this book explores the reasoning that generates this "problem of heavenly grief," examines purported solutions, and invites deeper reflection on a frequently dismissed idea that avoids the problem altogether: the universalist notion that there are no limits to Easter's promise because all are ultimately saved.

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À propos de l?auteur

Eric Reitan is professor of philosophy at Oklahoma State University. He is the author of Is God a Delusion? A Reply to Religion's Cultured Despisers (2009), The Triumph of Love: Same-Sex Marriage and the Christian Love Ethic (2017), and the novel So Eden Sank to Grief (2024). He is co-author (with John Kronen) of God's Final Victory: A Comparative Philosophical Case for Universalism (2011).

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Éditeur
Cascade Books
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1666765341
ISBN 13 
9781666765342
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
234
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1666765333 ISBN 13 :  9781666765335
Editeur : Cascade Books, 2024
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