Re-visioning resurrection: St. Paul and Swedenborg

St. Paul's "spiritual body" is envisaged as imaginal body, the wordimaginal standing for the intermediate realm of beings and events in Neoplatonism and Sufism. Swedenborg's world of spirits and angels conforms to this view and so is seen as contributing to a richer understanding...

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Autor principal: Avens, Roberts (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: [1984]
En: Journal of religion and health
Año: 1984, Volumen: 23, Número: 4, Páginas: 299-316
Otras palabras clave:B Creative Power
B Spiritual Body
B Rich Understanding
B Imaginal Body
B Intermediate Realm
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Sumario:St. Paul's "spiritual body" is envisaged as imaginal body, the wordimaginal standing for the intermediate realm of beings and events in Neoplatonism and Sufism. Swedenborg's world of spirits and angels conforms to this view and so is seen as contributing to a richer understanding of St. Paul in the sense of a "good" docetism. Crucial in this kind of revisioning the mystery of resurrection is the creative power of visionary imagination, which, in turn, is inseparable from the reality of the soul as thesitus of visionary events.
ISSN:1573-6571
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00991390