Life after Death

A New Approach to the Last Things

Anthony C. Thiselton

• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9781467434881
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

Writing in the wake of a near-fatal stroke, eminent theologian Anthony C. Thiselton addresses a universally significant topic: death and what comes next. This distinctive study of "the last things" comprehensively explores questions about individual death, the intermediate state, the return of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, hell, the final state of the redeemed, and more. At once scholarly and pastoral, Thiselton's Life after Death offers biblically astute, historically informed, and intellectually sound answers -- making this book an invaluable resource for thinking Christians.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Introduction: A New Approach
• 1. Death, Dying, and the Meaning of Life
• 2. Things Not Seen
• 3. The Sacraments, the Covenant, and the Bible: Completing the Argument for Doubters
• 4. Waiting and Expecting
• 5. Two Apparent Problems: The Intermediate State or Immediately with Christ? Will There Be a “Millennium”?
• 6. The Return of Christ
• 7. The Resurrection of the Dead
• 8. Is Holiness Given at Once in the Resurrection, or Gradually in Purgatory? What Does “Eternal” Mean?
• 9. Claims about “Hell” and Wrath
• 10. The Last Judgment and Justification by Grace through Faith
• 11. The Beatific Vision of God: From Glory to Glory — The Final State of the Redeemed
• 12. The Beatific Vision and Trinitarian Work of God: More on the Final State of the Redeemed
• Bibliography
• Index of Names
• Index of Subjects
• Index of Biblical References