Christ our hope : an introduction to eschatology / Paul O'Callaghan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Callaghan, Paul, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Eschatology.

Hope--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Hope.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christ Our Hope is a masterful reflection on Christian eschatology, in a textbook of twelve accessible chapters.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Principal Abbreviations""; ""Part One. The Dynamic of Hope""; ""1. The Christian Virtue of Hope and the Epistemological Underpinnings of Christian Eschatology""; ""Part Two. The Object of Christian Hope""; ""2. Parousia: The Future Coming of the Lord Jesus in Glory""; ""3. The Resurrection of the Dead""; ""4. The New Heavens and the New Earth""; ""5. Final Judgment""; ""6. Heaven: Eternal Life in the Glory of Christ""; ""7. Hell: The Perpetual Retribution of the Sinner""; ""Part Three. The Stimulus of Hope in the World""; ""8. The Living Presence of the Parousia""

""Part Four. Honing and Purifying Christian Hope""""9. Death, the End of the Human Pilgrimage""; ""10. Purgatory: The Purification of the Elect""; ""11. The Implications of an “Intermediate Eschatology�""; ""Part Five. The Power and Light of Hope""; ""12. The Central Role of Christian Eschatologyin Theology""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""General Index""; ""Index of Names""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-1904-3

OCLC:

861793416