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Is This All There Is?

On Resurrection and Eternal Life

Is This All There Is?

On Resurrection and Eternal Life

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£23.99

Publisher: Liturgical Press Academic
ISBN: 9780814684573
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 14/01/2020
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm

Is the Christian hope for resurrection still alive or has it become tired? How can we talk about the Resurrection today?

Gerhard Lohfink takes up the question of death and resurrection in this new book. He argues against the dazzling array of today's ideas and expectations and seeks his answers in Scripture, the Christian tradition, and human reason.

With his characteristically gentle but clear language, he reveals the power of Christian resurrection, showing it is not about events that lie in the distant future but rather occurrences incomprehensively close to us. They were long since begun and they will embrace us fully in our own death.

Contents
Preface   ix
Part One
What People Think   1
     1 The Question of Questions   3
     2 Between Skepticism and Belief in the Soul   10
     3 Survival in Our Descendants?   19
     4 Continual Reincarnation?   27
     5 Dissolution into the Universe?   37
     6 The Longing for Extinction   48
Part Two
What Israel Learned   57
     1 Faith Seeking Understanding   59
     2 Radical Worldliness   64
     3 Dissociation from Faith in the Hereafter   69
     4 Security in God   75
     5 Faith in Resurrection Begins to Sprout   81
     6 Israel’s Enduring Discovery   87
Part Three
What Entered the World in Jesus  95
     1 Jesus’ Preaching   97
     2 Jesus’ Deeds of Power   104 
     3 Jesus’ Powerlessness   108
     4 Jesus’ Resurrection   113
     5 The Firstborn from the Dead   119
     6 New Creation   124
Part Four
What Will Happen to Us   129
     1 The Ultimate Encounter with God   133
     2 Death as Judgment   144
     3 Judgment as Mercy   154
     4 Purification in Death   160
     5 And What about Hell?   166
     6 The Whole Person   172
     7 The Whole History of the World   178
     8 The Whole Creation   184
     9 The City of Dreams   194
   10 On the Relativity of Time   203
   11 On the Endurance of the Soul   213
   12 On Participation   219
Part Five
What We Can Do   231
     1 Genuine Care for Our Dead   233
     2 Christian Dying   240
     3 When Does Eternity Begin?   248
Acknowledgments   259
Works Consulted   261
Notes   272

Gerhard Lohfink, Linda M. Maloney

Gerhard Lohfink was professor of New Testament exegesis at the University of Tübingen. Since 1986, he has lived and worked as a theologian for the Catholic Integrated Community.

"Thoughtful, entertaining . . . Asking big religious questions Lohfink takes aim at classic discussions of faith from a Christian perspective rooted in wonder and trust. This intelligent, gracious book is a welcome contribution to theological conversations about life, death, and resurrection."Publishers Weekly Starred Review "This is exactly what one expects from Lohfink, the distinguished biblical scholar and respected theologian: a book that is hugely informed, consistently provocative, conscientiously pastoral, and-in the best sense of the word-imaginative."Dale C. Allison Jr., Princeton Theological Seminary, author of Night Comes: Death, Imagination, and the Last Things "If you are planning to read this book, prepare for an exhilarating and surprising ride. Lohfink leads us through all the imaginable possibilities of what happens to us when we die and then moves to a most profound description of what our faith teaches us. This is a book that must be read at least twice. Also take time to enjoy Linda Maloney's excellent translation."Irene Nowell, OSB, author of Wisdom: The Good Life "Gerhard Lohfink's Is This All There Is? is a stunningly original, profound, and spiritually uplifting and challenging book. Three things stand out in it. First, we cannot validly use our notions of space and time when we talk about life after death. There is a purification process but seeing purgatory as a space like ours and reckoning time in the process as we do on earth is profoundly mistaken. Second, eternal life and resurrection is a pure gift from God. We share in the resurrection of Jesus, the firstborn from the dead. Finally, we need to juxtapose God's justice and his mercy. Excellent chapters deal with our caring for the dying and preparing for our own deaths. It is also a very well-written book."John A. Coleman, Casassa Professor Emeritus at Loyola Marymount University, Associate Pastor at Saint Ignatius Parish, San Francisco "Highly recommend this book as a profound invitation to reflect on the ultimate issues of death and life."Theological Studies "Gerhard Lohfink has given us a splendid book: biblically grounded, theologically astute, spiritually concrete and challenging. In a style that is limpid, poetic, and personal, he leads the reader deeper into the mystery of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection and to a renewed sense of the hope that is in all who believe in the risen Christ. Lohfink's work wonderfully rekindles Christian eschatological faith and imagination."Robert Imbelli, Associate professor emeritus, Boston College, author of Rekindling the Christic Imagination "Addressing a broad audience with clear pastoral concern, Gerhard Lohfink admits that the questions which he raises in this volume are his own as well. He brings not only a wealth of biblical and theological sources, but also poetry, literature, science, and his own creative speculation to bear on the ultimate question which faces us all: Is This All There Is? Confronted with the stark reality of two possibilities-nothingness or radical hope-Lohfink centers his reflections on the Christian conviction that in the resurrection of Jesus, God's final `new creation' has already begun. Grounded in that hope he invites his readers to consider what it means to live with and in Christ-not only in the future, but here and now. This text is provocative, passionate, and pastoral-a rare combination and a volume well worth pondering."Mary Catherine Hilkert, OP, Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame

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