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1 online resource (xi, 304 pages) |
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Oxford theological monographs |
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Oxford theological monographs.
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Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Conventions; Introduction; GREGORY OF NYSSA ; 1. Gregory of Nyssa's Eschatology in Context; a. The Life of Gregory of Nyssa (c.335-95); b. Philosophy, Mysticism, and Exegesis; c. Patristic Eschatology; d. Apokatastasis-a Note on Terminology; 2. Perfection in Resurrection; a. Return to Paradise?; i. Creation and the Fall; ii. Creation in the image of God; iii. Apatheia, desire, and love; b. Resurrection; c. Visions of Heaven; 3. Universal Perfection; a. Evidence for Gregory's Universalism; i. Direct statements |
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Ii. Evidence from the nature of punishment in Gregory's theologyb. Gregory's Arguments for Universal Salvation; i. An argument from the nature of evil; ii. Arguments from the unity of humanity; c. Universal salvation and Human Freedom; i. Three starting assumptions; ii. Divine pedagogy; iii. Moral perfection: asceticism and purification; KARL RAHNER ; 4. The Background to Karl Rahner's Eschatology; a. The Life of Karl Rahner (1904-1984); b. Philosophy and Theology; 5. Eschatology for a Modern World; a. The Requirements for a Doctrine of Eschatology |
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B. The Hermeneutics of Eschatological Assertionsc. Theology and History; i. Death and the history of an individual; ii. The consummation of a history of freedom; iii. Profane-history and salvation-history; 6. The Consummation of an Individual History of Freedom; a. Consummation and Individual Decision; i. Immanent and transcendent consummation of the individual; ii. The possibility of a negative or a rejected consummation; iii. Unthematic acceptance or denial of God: 'anonymous Christianity'; b. Perfect Fulfilment and Utter Loss; i. Heaven: the beatific vision; ii. Hell |
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Iii. Problems raised by the notion of an individual consummationc. The Possibility of Human Development after Death; i. Doctrinal definitions; ii. Divine punishment: the doctrine of indulgences; iii. A temporal interim state?; iv. Purgatory; 7. The Consummation of the World's History of Freedom; a. Consummation as a Collective Phenomenon; b. Divine Consummation and the Christian task; i. The nature of the Christian task; ii. The limits of the Christian task; iii. The Christian task fulfilled by God; c. Resurrection and Parousia; 8. Comparison and Assessment; a. Will All be Saved? |
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I. Gregory of Nyssa's arguments for universal salvationii. The grounds for Karl Rahner's attitude towards universal salvation; iii. Hope: between prediction and paradox; b. How will All be Saved?; i. This life: philosophia and decision; ii. This life: sunergeia; immanent and transcendent consummation; iii. After death and in death: human freedom and life in God; c. Conclusions; i. Similarities: is universal salvation a Christian doctrine?; ii. Differences: the nature and causes of change; iii. Looking to the future; Appendix A: Karl Rahner's Seven Theses for an Eschatological Hermeneutics |
| Summary |
Dr Ludlow compares and assesses two advocates of the belief that in the end God will save all people. She asks whether this idea of universal salvation is a truly Christian concept. If it is a second tradition in Christian theology, how has it developed? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-295) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394.
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Rahner, Karl, 1904-1984.
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Gregory, of Nyssa, Saint, approximately 335-approximately 394 fast |
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Rahner, Karl, 1904-1984 fast |
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Universalism -- History of doctrines
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Soteriology.
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Universalism -- History of doctrines
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Eschatologie.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191520761 |
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0191520764 |
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0198270224 |
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9780198270225 |
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