Sweet and blessed country : the Christian hope for heaven / John Saward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saward, John, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quarton, Enguerrand, active 15th century. Coronation of the Virgin.

Quarton, Enguerrand.

Heaven--Christianity.

Heaven.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 195 p. ) 1 col. ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Saward takes an altarpiece from 15th century Provence as his starting-point for a theological exposition of Christian hope for Heaven. He discusses a subject, eschatology, which is generally neglected today, and, though he observes disciplines of scholarship, he also reaches out to a readership beyond the academy.

Contents:

The blissful sight of the Trinity

Opening heaven's gates : the cross, the empty tomb, and the altars of the church

Heaven lost and heaven longed for

Ave Regina Caelorum : heaven's sweet queen.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [190]-191) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04258-6

1-280-75592-X

9786610755929

0-19-155757-9

1-4237-7103-6

OCLC:

1027203822

Publisher Number:

9780199280094 (alk. paper)