The Theology of Death
Douglas J. Davies
- U.S.A. T&T Clark 2008
- 197tr. paperback, illustrations 24 cm
The first part of the book is grounded in biblical issues and in historical and philosophical theology. It seeks to establish several schemes of death theology related, for example, to early Christianity's Jewish cultural milieu, to belief in Christ's resurrection and to Christology, to issues of millennial belief and to an emergent liturgical practice. The rise of notions of the soul in relation to medieval thought and practice and the place of death in reformation theology are both covered, as is the role of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Finally the rise of biblical theology is considered, especially in the twentieth century...
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Death -- Biblical teaching Religion -- Christian Theology -- Eschatology