书目名称 | Life Hereafter | 副标题 | The Rise and Decline | 编辑 | Paul Crittenden | 视频video | | 概述 | Provides a comprehensive critical study of the problematic origins and character of the Christian belief in the resurrection of the dead, the immortality of the soul, and the prospect of reward and pu | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .In this book, Paul Crittenden offers a critical guide to the problematic origins of biblical teaching about the afterlife and the way in which it was subsequently developed by Church authorities and theologians—Origen, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas in particular. In the post–Reformation era the focus falls on the challenges set by modern secularism. The tradition encompasses a body of interconnected themes: an apocalyptic war in which the Kingdom of God triumphs over Satan’s powers of darkness; salvation in Christ; the immortality of the soul; and finally the resurrection of the dead and the last judgment, ratifying an afterlife of eternal bliss for the morally good and punishment in hell for wrongdoers. The critique questions these beliefs on evidential, ethical, and philosophical grounds. The argument overall is that what lies beyond death is beyond knowledge. The one fundamental truth that can be distilled from the once compelling body of Christian eschatological belief—for believers and unbelievers alike—is the importance of living ethically.. | 出版日期 | Book 2021 | 关键词 | Sheol; Satan; Pelagian; Ratzinger; Gisbert Greshake | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54279-5 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-54281-8 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-54279-5 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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