Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition
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: When we see God, are we looking with our physical eyes or with the mind's eye? Both, says Hans Boersma in this sacramental and historical treatment of the beatific vision. Focusing on "vision" as a living metaphor, Boersma...
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When we see God, are we looking with our physical eyes or with the mind's eye? Both, says Hans Boersma in this sacramental and historical treatment of the beatific vision. Focusing on "vision" as a living metaphor, Boersma shows how the vision of God is accessible already today.
Seeing God is a historical study, but it also includes a dogmatic articulation of key characteristics that contribute to our understanding of the beatific vision. Theologians, philosophers, and literary authors have long maintained that the invisible God becomes visible to us. Boersma shows how God trains us to see his character by transforming our eyes and minds, highlighting continuity from this world to the next. Christ-centered, sacramental, and ecumenical in character, Seeing God presents life as a pilgrimage to see the face of God in the hereafter.
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PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 508623
- Product Code 9780802876041
- ISBNÂ 0802876048
- EANÂ 9780802876041
- Pages 488
- Department Academic
- Category Theology
- Sub-Category God & Trinity
- Publisher Eerdmans
- Publication Date Jun 2018
- Sales Rank 61592
- Dimensions 228 x 152 x 30mm
- Weight 0.840kg
Hans Boersma
Hans Boersma (Th.D., University of Utrecht) holds the J. I. Packer Chair of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author or editor of several books, including A Hot Pepper Corn: Richard Baxter's Doctrine of Justification in its Seventeenth-Century Context of Controversy; Nouvelle Thologie and Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery and Violence; Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition, which won the 2005 Christianity Today Book Award in theology/ethics, and Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry.
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