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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Thinking about the Church; Eucharist and Ambiguity; Two Histories; 2. The Ascension as Story and Metaphor; A Lukan Artifice?; The Larger Story; Breaking Boundaries; The Master's Metaphor; 3. Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies, I; A Precarious Position; Preserving the Tension; Eucharistic Ecclesiology; One Step Forward; 4. Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies, II; Two Steps Back; Origen; Augustine; Dualist Ecclesiology; East; West; 5. Where is Jesus?; The Copernican Factor; An Unresolved Question; Discourse on the Dead Christ; Return of the Cosmic Christ; This Same Jesus |
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6. Church at the CrossroadsIn the Shadow of Sinai; Ecce Homo!; Appendices; A: Biblical Resources; B: Exaltation and Pre-existence; Bibliography; Index; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Index of Biblical References |
| Summary |
Recent theology offers few attempts to come to grips with the meaning and implications of the ascension of Jesus. Professor Farrow begins with a discussion of the biblical treatment of the ascension and Eucharistic celebration, from which emerges the unique ecclesial worldview. There are chapters on the treatment of these ideas by Irenaeus, Origen and Augustine, and on developments up to the Reformation. He explores the link between ideas of the ascension, cosmology and ecclesiology. Farrow goes on to examine the difficulties faced by the doctrine of ascension in the modern scientific worl |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 26, 2016) |
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Jesus Christ -- Ascension.
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| SUBJECT |
Jesus Christ fast |
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Church.
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Lord's Supper.
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Cosmology.
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eucharists.
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cosmology.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Christology.
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Ascension of Jesus Christ
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Church
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Cosmology
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Lord's Supper
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567252371 |
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056725237X |
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9780567660541 |
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0567660540 |
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9780567086761 |
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0567086763 |
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