Transfiguration and Hope: A Conversation across Time and Space - Softcover

Van Dussen, D. Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1532654537 ISBN 13: 9781532654534

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2018

Synopsis

To read and visualize the transfiguration of Christ is to enter its mystery and encounter its hope. Like the Gospel writers and the disciples who climbed the mountain with Jesus, we struggle to tell the story and explain its meaning. Yet this astounding event reveals God’s ultimate purpose in sending his Son—the complete restoration of humanity and all creation—our transfiguration in Christ. The light and glory of that moment reveal a destiny that is infinite and eternal, made possible by the power of grace. Transfiguration is the trajectory and goal of our spiritual journey.
Across time and space, Christians have reflected on the mystery and hope epitomized in the transfiguration, yet their voices have been heard primarily within their own cultural and ecclesiastical contexts. This study gathers many of those voices from the panorama of Scripture and church history and finds in them the common theme of radical transformation in Christ.
The point of this theological conversation is spiritual transfiguration and hope for each of us as we reach toward the future Christ has shown us in himself.

About this title

About the Author

D. Gregory Van Dussen is Adjunct Professor of History, Ministry, and Spirituality at Northeastern Seminary, Rochester, New York.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532654537
• ISBN 13: 9781532654534
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160