Rising Light

Michael Hickey

doi:10.5771/9780761874126

Rising Light

The Promise of Resurrection of the Body

1. Edition 2023

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doi.org/10.5771/9780761874126
ISBN print: 978-0-7618-7411-9
ISBN online: 978-0-7618-7412-6
Hamilton Books, Lanham Hamilton Books, Lanham

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Abstract

Rising Light begins with the Christian hope of a promised expectation of a bodily resurrection. It is rooted in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Biblical foundation of the Old and New Testaments. It carries through to the Tradition of the Catholic/Christian church beginning with the Apostles and the church Fathers and then weaves through key Doctors of the church such as St Augustine and St Thomas Aquinas. It includes the institutional grounding of the Christian faith found in the church creeds, The Catholic Catechism, and Papal encyclicals, letters and exhortations.as well as the theology of prominent modern theologians such as Karl Rahner, SJ and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ. This book will demonstrate how unlike the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ which are historical realities, the resurrection is something not only historical, but also transhistorical, in that it encompasses and affects all of history from its beginning to its end. The concluding chapters of Rising Light focus on how the risen Christ for us has now become greater than even Christianity itself as a world religion, as the risen Christ is now the Universal Christ. The book ends with how the theology of Karl Rahner (Theological Anthropology) can show us that theology of the resurrection is not only rooted in the supernatural and transcendent divine, but also in the very nature of the human person in something as universal to all mankind as our sense of humor.

Schlagworte

Catholic Theology Dying and Rising Resurrection

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i–viii Preface i–viii
- Contents
1–6 H.O.P.E.—Horizon Of Promised Expectation 1–6
7–10 The Foundation of Our Christian Faith 7–10
11–18 The Early Christian Community and Resurrection History 11–18
19–24 Is the Resurrection Strictly an Historical Event? 19–24
25–32 The Empty Tomb Stories 25–32
33–42 The Post-Resurrection Appearance Stories 33–42
43–48 The Ascension 43–48
49–56 The Assumption 49–56
57–66 Resurrection of the Body 57–66
67–80 The Summa of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Resurrection of the Body 67–80
81–90 Karl Rahner’s Theology—and Resurrection of the Body 81–90
91–96 Signs in the Natural World 91–96
97–104 Symbols in Mythology 97–104
105–110 The Shroud of Turin 105–110
111–120 The Catholic Catechism 111–120
121–134 Selected Papal Encyclicals, Letters, and Apostolic Exhortations 121–134
135–142 The Risen Christ Is the Universal Christ 135–142
143–148 Humor as a Signal of Transcendence and a Sign of Resurrection 143–148
149–152 Index 149–152
153–154 ‌‌About the Author 153–154

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