Beginning with the Old Testament background, Hebblethwaite gives an overview of the Christian hope from the time of Jesus to the present day and a robust defence of belief in life after death. The book dialogues with philosophical criticisms down the ages and in the light of scientific discoveries today. INDICE: Preface; I: The Hope of Israel and the First Christians; 1: TheOld Testament Background; 2: The New Testament; II: The Classical Christian Hope; 3: The Early Church; 4: The Middle Ages; 5: The Reformation; III: The Christian Hope in the Modern Age; 6: The Enlightenment; 7: The Nineteenth Century; 8: The Twentieth Century I: The Reaction Against Liberal Theology; 9: The Twentieth Century II: Roman Catholic Theology; 10: The Twentieth Century III: Later Protestant Theology; 11: A Christian Eschatology for the Twenty-First Century
- ISBN: 978-0-19-958946-3
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 02/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés