Eternal in the Heavens: Time, Heaven, and Resurrection (Analyzing Theology) - Softcover

Hill, Jonathan C R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1666791105 ISBN 13: 9781666791105

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2024

Synopsis

If there were a perfect, unending existence awaiting us after death, what would it be like? What would we do there? Would you want to go there at all? Today, philosophers of religion are increasingly interested in questions of this kind. This book uses the approach of analytic philosophy to examine a conception of heaven that is rooted in Christian tradition but rarely considered by modern philosophers and theologians: heaven as atemporal, that is, a state in which no time passes. It argues that such a view is not only coherent but offers answers to some key problems facing the concept of heaven. Along the way, it considers topics such as the nature of time, the possibility of atemporal persons, the relationship between earthly and heavenly selves, the beatific vision and the role of the body, and how the blessed in heaven could be said to be divine.

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About the Author

Jonathan Hill is senior lecturer in philosophy of religion at the University of Exeter. He is the author or co-editor of a number of books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1666791105
• ISBN 13: 9781666791105
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236