For What May We Hope? Thoughts on the Eschatological Imagination

John E. Thiel

For What May We Hope? Thoughts on the Eschatological Imagination

Fairfield University

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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.

Original language	American English
Journal	Theological Studies
Volume	67
State	Published - Sep 1 2006

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Religion

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