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Heaven on Earth?

Theological Interpretation in Ecumenical Dialogue
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This collection assembles essays by eleven leading Catholic and evangelical theologians engaging in an ecumenical discussion about the benefits and potential drawbacks of contemporary theological interpretation. The contributors explore the vital relationship between the earthly world and its heavenly counterpart, offering diverse analytical approaches to this core theological issue.
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This collection assembles essays by eleven leading Catholic and evangelical theologians in an ecumenical discussion of the benefits and potential drawbacks of today s burgeoning corpus of theological interpretation. The authors explore the critical relationship between the earthly world and its heavenly counterpart.

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This collection assembles essays by eleven leading Catholic and evangelical theologians in an ecumenical discussion of the benefits – and potential drawbacks – of today’s burgeoning corpus of theological interpretation. The authors explore the critical relationship between the earthly world and its heavenly counterpart.

Heaven on Earth? is a ground-breaking volume of ecumenical debate featuring Catholic and evangelical theologians. It explores the core theological issue of how the material and spiritual worlds interrelate, offering a diversity of analytical approaches. This collection addresses an urgent need to distinguish the positive and problematic aspects of today’s rapidly growing corpus of theological interpretation.

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ISBN: 9781118551929

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 February 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Contributors:

  • Edited by Hans Boersma
  • Edited by Matthew Levering

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 404g

Pages: 244

About the Author

Hans Boersma holds the J. I. Packer Chair in Theology atRegent College, Canada, and is co-director (with Matthew Levering)of the Center for Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue. As well as thisvolume and a forthcoming publication on Gregory of Nyssa, he is theauthor of Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a SacramentalTapestry (2011), Nouvelle Theologie andSacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery (2009), andViolence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating theAtonement Tradition (2004). Prof Boersma is a member of theLangley Immanuel Christian Reformed Church. Matthew Levering is Professor of Theology at theUniversity of Dayton, USA, where he is also director of the Centerfor Scriptural Exegesis, Philosophy, and Doctrine. Co-editor since2003 of the theological journal Nova et Vetera, he has alsorecently joined the editorial team of the International Journalof Systematic Theology. Prof Levering has served as Chair ofthe Board of the Academy of Catholic Theology since 2007 andco-directs the Center for Catholic-Evangelical dialogue alongsideProf Boersma. His numerous books and publications include mostrecently The Feminine Genius of Catholic Theology (2012),Jesus and the Demise of Death (2012), andPredestination (2011). Forthcoming publications includevolumes on St. Paul and Thomas Aquinas and on the theology ofAugustine.

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