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  • Published: New York : HarperOne, c2008.
  • Year Published: 2008
  • Description: xiv, 332 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Language: English
  • Format: Book

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  • 9780061551826
  • 0061551821

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Surprised by hope : rethinking heaven, the resurrection, and the mission of the church

by Wright, N. T.

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Call number: 236 Wr

Available Copies: Downtown 2nd Fl., Pittsfield Adult

Additional Details

Part 1. Setting the scene. 1. All dressed up and no place to go? ; 2. Puzzled about paradise? ; 3. Early Christian hope in its historical setting ; 4. The strange story of Easter -- Part 2. God's future plan. 5. Cosmic future: progress or despair? ; 6. What the whole world's waiting for ; 7. Jesus, heaven, and new creation ; 8. When He appears ; 9. Jesus the coming judge ; 10. The redemption of our bodies ; 11. Purgatory, paradise, hell -- Part. 3. Hope in practice: resurrection and the mission of the church. 12. Rethinking salvation: heaven, earth, and the kingdom of God ; 13. Building for the kingdom ; 14. Reshaping the church for mission: biblical roots ; 15. Reshaping the church for mission: living the future.

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