For What May We Hope? Thoughts on the Eschatological Imagination

After reflecting on the reluctance of modern theology to engage in eschatological speculation, the author argues that plenty of traditional Catholic beliefs warrant a rich exercise of the eschatological imagination. The life of the blessed dead provides a test case for such speculation, with Jesus&#...

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Main Author: Thiel, John E. 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2006
In: Theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 517-541
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Summary:After reflecting on the reluctance of modern theology to engage in eschatological speculation, the author argues that plenty of traditional Catholic beliefs warrant a rich exercise of the eschatological imagination. The life of the blessed dead provides a test case for such speculation, with Jesus' own resurrected life in the Gospels invoked as an interpretive measure for the resurrected life of believers.
ISSN:2169-1304
Contains:Enthalten in: Theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/004056390606700303