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Article
For What May We Hope? Thoughts on the Eschatological Imagination
Theological Studies
Document Type
Article
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Publication Date
9-1-2006
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Abstract
After reflecting on the reluctance of modem theology to engage in eschatological speculation, the author argues that plenty of traditional Catholic beliefs warrant a rich exercise of the eschatological imagination. The life of the blessed dead provides a test case for such speculation, with Jesus' own resurrected life in the Gospels invoked as an interpretive measure for the resurrected life of believers.
Published Citation
Thiel, John E. "For What May We Hope? Thoughts on the Eschatological Imagination." Theological Studies 67.3 (2006): 517-541.
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Citation Information
John E. Thiel. "For What May We Hope? Thoughts on the Eschatological Imagination" Theological Studies Vol. 67 Iss. 3 (2006) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_thiel/2/