Eternity and eternal life : speculative theology and science in discourse / Tibor Horvath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horváth, Tibor, 1927-2008.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eternity.

Future life--Christianity.

Future life.

Time--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Time.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Newtonian concept of time has been changed by Einsteinian insight. Yet the Einsteinian world view might make it difficult to appreciate traditional concepts of eschatology, like heaven and hell, death and immortality, life after death and resurrection, last day and final judgments, because these expressions presuppose a pre-Einsteinian view of the universe. Since theology cannot remain unaffected by the new research in concepts of time, Eternity and Eternal Life tries to express the eschatological faith of the Church by using the time language of our age.

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 CONCEPTS OF TIME; 3 THE FIRST PRINCIPLE IN CHRISTIAN ESCHATOLOGY: JESUS CHRIST, THE ESCHATOLOGICAL UNION OF TIME AND ETERNITY; 4 CHRISTIAN ESCHATOLOGY: SYSTEMATIC PRESENTATION; 5 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; NAME INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-167) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780889207684

0889207682

OCLC:

753479512