Ascension and ecclesia : on the significance of the doctrine of the Ascension for ecclesiology and Christian cosmology /: on the significance of the doctrine of the Ascension for ecclesiology and Christian cosmology. (1999)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Douglas Farrow.
• Authors: Farrow, Douglas, 1953-
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Thinking about the Church; Eucharist and Ambiguity; Two Histories; 2. The Ascension as Story and Metaphor; A Lukan Artifice?; The Larger Story; Breaking Boundaries; The Master's Metaphor; 3. Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies, I; A Precarious Position; Preserving the Tension; Eucharistic Ecclesiology; One Step Forward; 4. Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies, II; Two Steps Back; Origen; Augustine; Dualist Ecclesiology; East; West; 5. Where is Jesus?; The Copernican Factor; An Unresolved Question; Discourse on the Dead Christ; Return of the Cosmic Christ; This Same Jesus. 6. Church at the CrossroadsIn the Shadow of Sinai; Ecce Homo!; Appendices; A: Biblical Resources; B: Exaltation and Pre-existence; Bibliography; Index; Index of Names; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Index of Biblical References.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 1999
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 232.9/7; Church; Lord's Supper; Cosmology; RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Christology; Ascension of Jesus Christ; Church; Cosmology; Lord's Supper; Electronic books; Ascension
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567252371
• Related ISBNs: 056725237X; 9780567083258
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 26, 2016).
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