Ascension and Ecclesia: On the Significance of the Doctrine of the Ascension for Ecclesiology and Christian Cosmology

by Douglas Farrow

Overview

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

Recent theology offers few attempts to come to grips with the meaning and implications of the ascension of Jesus.

Professor Farrow makes his approach through the scriptures, the Eucharistic liturgy, the fathers and the reformers, before tracing his subject into modern times. He not only demonstrates that the doctrine of the ascension has played a much larger role in the history of Christian and western thought than is generally realized, but tackles many of the difficult questions others have been content to ignore.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802827913
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	11/17/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Preface

1. Thinking about the Church
   
2. The Ascension as Story and Metaphor
   
3. Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies, I
   
4. Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies, II
   
5. Where is Jesus?
   
6. Church at the Crossroads
   

   Appendices
   

   Bibliography
   Index

Editorial Reviews

Miroslav Volf
—Yale University
"A key study of an important but neglected topic. Farrow demonstrates admirably how much in theology depends upon a right approach to the ascension."

Colin E. Gunton
—King's College, London
"This is a most important book. Professor Farrow's meticulous scholarship and penetrating theological judgement will together guarantee this study a long life and widespread influence."

Ellen Charry
—Princeton Theological Seminary
"By reclaiming the ecclesiological and sacramental significance of the ascension this book takes a great step forward in the recovery of the full breadth of the economy of salvation. It is nothing less than a theological breakthrough."

From the Publisher

"Douglas Farrow has produced a truly monumental book. With his arresting style, he offers an unparalleled survey of the doctrine of the ascension in its ecclesiological, cosmological and liturgical context, beginning with a masterly account of Irenaeus, who lays the foundation for his own argument for the bodily ascension, Farrow goes on to contrast this with Origen's dualistic cosmology which plays down the importance of the body. These two poles structure the remainder of the book, where Farrow tackles the crucial question for all theology: "Where is Jesus?""

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