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Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life Paperback – Nov. 7 2007
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Originally published in English in 1988, Joseph Ratzinger's Eschatology remains internationally recognized as a leading text on the "last things"?heaven and hell, purgatory and judgment, death and the immortality of the soul. This highly anticipated second edition includes a new preface by Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI and a supplement to the bibliography by theologian Peter A. Casarella.
Eschatology presents a balanced perspective of the doctrine at the center of Christian belief?the Church's faith in eternal life. Recognizing the task of contemporary eschatology as "to marry perspectives, so that person and community, present and future, are seen in their unity," Joseph Ratzinger brings together recent emphasis on the theology of hope for the future with the more traditional elements of the doctrine. His book has proven to be as timeless as it is timely.
- ISBN-100813215161
- ISBN-13978-0813215167
- Edition2nd ed.
- PublisherThe Catholic University of America Press
- Publication dateNov. 7 2007
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions12.14 x 2.39 x 19.1 cm
- Print length307 pages
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- Publisher : The Catholic University of America Press; 2nd ed. edition (Nov. 7 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 307 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0813215161
- ISBN-13 : 978-0813215167
- Item weight : 340 g
- Dimensions : 12.14 x 2.39 x 19.1 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #175,759 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #338 in Eschatology (Books)
- #903 in Theology (Books)
- #1,419 in Christianity Textbooks
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Born in 1927 in Germany as Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI has been head of the Roman Catholic Church since April 2005. A prolific author, theologian and university professor, Ratzinger served as an "expert" at the Second Vatican Council, and was tapped in 1977 by Pope Paul VI to lead the German Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. In 1981, Pope John Paul II called him to Rome to head the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, where he served until his papal election.
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Good introduction that covers the religious aspects without the academic depth of the author's earlier works (on mediaeval scholarship) which some might find arduous.







