Heaven (Visions with Jesus, #3)
by Troy J Boyer and Nanyamka a Boyer
A stunning reexamination of one of the essential tenets of Christian belief from one of the most provocative and admired writers on religion today "A scathing, vigorous, eloquent attack on those who hold that that there is such a thing as eternal damnation."-Karen Kilby, Commonweal "[A] provocative, informative treatise. . . . [Hart's] resounding challenge to orthodox Christian views on hell and his defense of God's ultimate goodness will prove convincing and inspiring to the open-minded."...
In "2012, the Bible, and the End of the World", bestselling prophecy expert Mark Hitchcock explores a fascinating last-days controversy that is gaining the attention of millions all over the globe. What should Christians make of the rapidly spreading speculations that the world will end on December 21, 2012? The ancient Mayans were expert astronomers and their advanced calendar cycles predict 12/21/2012 as a catastrophic day of apocalypse. This prophecy has spawned a growing number of fringe-ele...
Resurrection
Resurrection is the central feature of the New Testament gospels and lies at the center of many of Paul's letters as well. In addition, the doctrine of the resurrection lies at the core of the Christian church's faith. The essays in this stunning collection explore the idea of resurrection as the idea appears not only in the New Testament texts but also in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the pseudepigraphal Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, and in contemporary theology. Charlesworth asks where the conc...
The Mark of the Antichrist Revealed
by Charles S Ruark, Jr. and Dr Charles S Ruark, Jr
How can people believe that the supernatural end of the world lies just around the corner when, so far, every such prediction has been proved wrong? Some scholars argue that millenarians are psychologically disturbed; others maintain that their dreams of paradise on earth reflect a nascent political awareness. In this book Damian Thompson looks at the members of one religious group with a strong apocalyptic tradition--Kensington Temple, a large Pentecostal church in London--and attempts to under...
The Christian doctrine of heaven has been a moral source of enormous power in western culture. It has provided a striking account of the ultimate good in life and has for two millennia animated the hope that our lives can be fully meaningful. Recently, however, the doctrine of heaven has lost much of its grip on the western imagination and has become a vague and largely ignored part of the Christian creed. Not only have our hopes been redefined as a result, but our very identity as human bein...
Langage, Images et Visages de la Mort Chez Jean Chrysostome (Collection d'Etudes Classiques, v.3)
by F.-X. Druet
A comprehensive description of how evangelicals in Northern Ireland interpreted the 'Troubles' (1966 - 2007) in the light of biblical wisdom. The rich and diverse landscape of Northern Irish evangelicalism during the 'Troubles' is ideally suited to this study of both the light and dark sides of apocalyptic eschatology. Searle demonstrates how the notion of apocalypse shaped evangelical and fundamentalist interpretations of the turbulent events that characterized this dark yet fascinating period...
Die Vorstellung vom Reich Gottes ist in der Theologie des 19. Jahrhunderts eine allseits prasente, in der Forschungsliteratur gleichwohl nur marginal beachtete. Die vorliegende Untersuchung widmet sich diesem Leitmotiv der Theologie des 19. Jahrhunderts wie auch seinen gesellschaftlichen und sozialpolitischen Verflechtungen. Zu diesem Zweck wird das Oeuvre dreier Theologen exemplarisch herangezogen, namlich dasjenige Isaak August Dorners (1809-1884), Johann Tobias Becks (1804-1878) sowie Franz...
