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Night comes : death, imagination, and the last things / Dale C. Allison Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2016Description: x, 174 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802871183
  • 0802871186
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 236 23
LOC classification:
  • BT823 .A45 2016
Contents:
Death and fear -- Resurrection and bodies -- Judgment and partiality -- Ignorance and imagination -- Hell and sympathy -- Heaven and experience.
Summary: When he was 23 years old, Dale Allison almost died in a car accident. That terrifying experience dramatically changed his ideas about death and the hereafter. In Night Comes Allison wrestles with a number of difficult questions concerning the last things -- such questions as What happens to us after we die? and Why does death so often frighten us? Armed with his acknowledged scholarly expertise, Allison offers an engaging, personal exploration of such themes as death and fear, resurrection and judgment, hell and heaven, in light of science, Scripture, and his own experience. As he ponders and creatively imagines -- engaging throughout with biblical texts, church fathers, rabbinic scholars, poets, and philosophers -- Allison offers fascinating fare that will captivate many a reader�s heart and soul.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Course reserves
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection BT823 .A45 2016 Available 31794003147429
Book on Reserve Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Course Reserve (Ask for items at Service Desk) BT823 .A45 2016 Available 35898001715552

LTSS: Death and Resurrection LTSS: Fall 2024

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-167) and index.

Death and fear -- Resurrection and bodies -- Judgment and partiality -- Ignorance and imagination -- Hell and sympathy -- Heaven and experience.

When he was 23 years old, Dale Allison almost died in a car accident. That terrifying experience dramatically changed his ideas about death and the hereafter. In Night Comes Allison wrestles with a number of difficult questions concerning the last things -- such questions as What happens to us after we die? and Why does death so often frighten us? Armed with his acknowledged scholarly expertise, Allison offers an engaging, personal exploration of such themes as death and fear, resurrection and judgment, hell and heaven, in light of science, Scripture, and his own experience. As he ponders and creatively imagines -- engaging throughout with biblical texts, church fathers, rabbinic scholars, poets, and philosophers -- Allison offers fascinating fare that will captivate many a reader�s heart and soul.

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