To Gaze upon God
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To Gaze upon God

The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

To Gaze upon God

The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice

About this book

Today, the doctrine of the beatific vision has been woefully forgotten within the church and its theology.

Yet, throughout history Christians have always held that the blessed hope of heaven lies in seeing and being in the presence of God, of beholding the beatific vision. With lucidity and breadth, Parkison reintroduces the beatific vision and affirms its centrality for the life of the church today. Parkison argues for the beatific vision's biblical foundations and reminds usā€”through close readings of theologians such as Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, Dante, Gregory Palamas, John Calvin, and Jonathan Edwardsā€”of the doctrine's historical and contemporary significance. The beatific vision is about seeing God, and as Christians have acknowledged across the tradition, seeing God is our ultimate end.

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Information

Publisher
IVP Academic
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781514007662
eBook ISBN
9781514007679
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Denominations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. 1 What IsĀ theĀ Beatific Vision?
  7. 2 Biblical Foundations forĀ theĀ Beatific Vision
  8. 3 AĀ Cloud ofĀ Witnesses, Part One Pre-Reformation Historical Witness
  9. 4 AĀ Cloud ofĀ Witnesses, Part Two Reformation andĀ Post-Reformation Historical Witness
  10. 5 Retrieval forĀ Reformed Evangelicals
  11. 6 TheĀ Beatific Vision andĀ theĀ Christian Life
  12. Postscript TheĀ Beatific Vision andĀ Global Christianity
  13. Bibliography
  14. Notes
  15. General Index
  16. Scripture Index
  17. Praise forĀ ToĀ Gaze upon God
  18. About theĀ Author
  19. Like this book?
  20. Copyright