Jerry L Walls

Heaven

The Logic of Eternal Joy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jerry L. Walls argues that the doctrine of heaven is ripe for serious reconsideration. He contends not only that the orthodox view of heaven can be defended from objections commonly raised against it, but also that heaven is a powerful resource for addressing persistent philosophical problems, not the least of which concern the ground of morality and the meaning of life. Walls shows how heaven is integrally related to central Christian doctrines, particularly those related to salvation, and tackles the difficult problem of why faith in Christ is necessary to save us from our sins. In addition, heaven is shown to illumine thorny problems of personal identity and to be an essential component of a satisfactory theodicy. Walls goes on to examine data from near-death experiences from the standpoint of some important recent work in epistemology and argues that they offer positive evidence for heaven. He concludes that we profoundly need to recover the hope of heaven in order to recover our very humanity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 164mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780195113020
• ISBN-10: 0195113020
• Artikelnr.: 22139393

Autorenporträt

Jerry L. Walls is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky and Senior Speaking Fellow for the Morris Institute for Human Values. His first excursion into eschatology was Hell: The Logic of Damnation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Heaven and God's Goodness
2: Heaven, the Nature of Salvation, and Purgatory
3: Heaven and its Inhabitants
4: Heaven, Trinity, and Personal Identity
5: Heaven and the Problem of "Irredeemable Evil"
6: Heaven and Visions of Life after Life
7: Heaven, Morality and the Meaning of Life
Conclusion