The theology of death / Douglas J. Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Douglas J. (Douglas James)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Death.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 consi

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Corpse, Coffin and Cross; 3. Baptism and Marriage; 4. Liturgies, Life and Death; 5. Heaven and Hell; 6. Longings; 7. Grave, Grove and Rapture; 8. Cremation, Burial and Change; 9. Life-Death Balance; 10. To Live and Live again; Bibliography; Index; Biblical References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612868245

9781282868243

1282868241

9780567346476

0567346471

OCLC:

682540790