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1 online resource (185 pages) |
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The Newtonian concept of time has been changed by Einsteinian insight. Yet the Einsteinian world view might make it difficult to appreciate traditional concepts of eschatology, like heaven and hell, death and immortality, life after death and resurrection, last day and final judgments, because these expressions presuppose a pre-Einsteinian view of the universe. Since theology cannot remain unaffected by the new research in concepts of time, Eternity and Eternal Life tries to express the eschatological faith of the Church by using the time language of our age. To achieve this it provides an ov. |
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FOREWORD; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 CONCEPTS OF TIME; 3 THE FIRST PRINCIPLE IN CHRISTIAN ESCHATOLOGY: JESUS CHRIST, THE ESCHATOLOGICAL UNION OF TIME AND ETERNITY; 4 CHRISTIAN ESCHATOLOGY: SYSTEMATIC PRESENTATION; 5 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX; NAME INDEX. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Eternity.
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Eternity. |
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Future life -- Christianity.
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Future life -- Christianity. |
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Time -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Time -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Horvath, Tibor. Eternity and Eternal Life : Speculative Theology and Science in Discourse. Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2006 9780889202245 |
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9780889207684 (electronic book) |
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0889207682 (electronic book) |
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