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| Author | : Saint Philaret (Gumilevsky) |
| Publisher | : Vladimir Djambov |
| Total Pages | : 474 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Religion |
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“Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Table of Contents Orthodox Theologians 3 / Orthodox Theologians about Life after Death 4 / Saint Philaret (Gumilevsky) (1805–1866) 4 / Word on the Afterlife I 5 / Word on the Afterlife II 10 / Professor Viktor Dmitrievich Kudryavtsev-Platonov (1828–1891) 15 / Soul Immortality 19 / I. Ontological Proof of the Immortality of the Soul 22 / II. Psychological Proof of the Immortality of the Soul 50 / III. Teleological Proof of the Immortality of the Soul 84 / IV. Theological Proof of the Immortality of the Soul 129 / Professor, Archpriest Nikolai Petrov (1874–1956) 148 / Life after Death 148 / Literature on the Immortality of the Soul and the Afterlife 247 / Prof. Protopresb. Evgeny Akvilonov (1861–1911) 250 / Immortality 254 / I. Predictions of Science 254 / II. Philosopher's Predictions 266 / III. Voice of Faith 291 / IV. Conditions after Death 308 / Professor, Archpriest Feodor Andreev (1887–1929) 322 / Body Future 323 / Metropolitan Antony (Khrapovitsky) (1863–1936) 335 / Afterlife and Eternity of Torment 336 / Professor Vasily Fedorovich Pevnitsky (1832–1911) 343 / About the Afterlife 343 / About the Resurrection of the Dead. What will Happen to our Body when we Die? 393 / Pseudo-Patriarch Sergius (Stragorodsky) (1867–1944) 416 / Eternal Life as the Highest Good 416 / Virtue and Eternal Life 425 / Eternal Life and True Virtue is Communion with God 432 / The Moral State of Man before the Fall 438 / The Moral Purpose of Created Man; the Need for Salvation 444 / The most precise Explanation of Love for God as the Content of Eternal Life: Love is a Feeling 450 / Love is Endlessly Perfected 453 / Love and the Trinity of the Godhead 454 / Love for Neighbor versus Love for God 456 Great is the mystery of piety: He who was manifest in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit Seen by angels Preached among the nations Was accepted by faith in the world, He was lifted up in glory. Or: True word: For if we are dead with Him, Then we will live with Him; If we endure Then we will reign with Him; If we renounce Then He will also deny us.
| Author | : Mary T. Browne |
| Publisher | : Ivy Books |
| Total Pages | : 193 |
| Release | : 2011-11-02 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 0307807398 |
A renowned psychic and spiritual healer with clients all over the world, Mary T. Browne had her first clairvoyant experience at the age of seven. For more than thirty years since then, her visions of the other side and her communication with her teachers, both in spirit and on the earth plane, have helped to form not just her understanding of death, but her philosophy of life. In this fascinating, inspiring book, Mary T. puts our lives into a much broader context than most of us have ever imagined. LIFE AFTER DEATH describes in detail exactly where we go when we die. Mary T.'s psychic connection to the spirit world and her ability to receive messages from those who have made the transition will inspire us to see death not as an ending, but as a new beginning. Mary T. shows us that the spirit world is a place of harmony. It is a realm of beauty, light, art, music, literature, and friendship. We do love beyond the grave, and we will be reunited with our loved ones in the spirit world. The touching stories of those reunions will help ease the fear of leaving the physical world. Mary T. takes the mystery out of death, and leaves us with clear examples of the miraculous journey that lies ahead of us.
| Author | : John Habib |
| Publisher | : St. Mary & St. Moses Abbey |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2016-08-22 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781939972125 |
John Habib came back to the faith of his youth in young adulthood after reading an afterlife story handwritten by an Egyptian Christian monk. This book is the culmination of over fifteen years of research on a quest to arrive at what the Orthodox Christian understanding of the afterlife really is. John is an avid student of Christian history and theology, having written several articles and delivered countless lectures on those subjects.
| Author | : Metr. Ierotheos (Vlachos) |
| Publisher | : Vladimir Djambov |
| Total Pages | : 445 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Religion |
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“Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Table of Contents Life After Death 4 / What does the parable of the rich man and Lazarus tell us about the afterlife? 7 / The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus 7 / Hermeneutic analysis of the parable 8 / Separation of the soul from the body 16 / Soul Definition 16 / Creation and Genesis of the Soul 17 / Death and original sin 19 / Mystery of the Exodus of the Soul from the Body 24 / Ordeal of Souls 30 / Average state of mind 38 / Death of babies 47 / Conclusion 55 / Posthumous experience 60 / Modern post-mortem experiences 61 / Criticism of this experience from an Orthodox point of view 64 / Experience difference 67 / Soul Immortality 71 / Immortality of the soul in philosophy 71 / Immortality of the soul according to Orthodox theology 72 / Death of the Soul and the Orthodox Church 75 / Cleansing Fire 79 / Conversations at the Ferrara-Florence Cathedral on the Purifying Fire 80 / The Teaching of St. Mark Eugenicus on the Purifying Fire 87 / Second Coming of Christ 111 / Glorious Coming of Christ 111 / Resurrection of the dead 117 / Future Court 127 / Heaven and Hell 141 / Holy Scripture about heaven and hell 141 / Holy Fathers on Heaven and Hell 143 / Heaven and Hell in Church Life 148 / Theological and ecclesiastical conclusions from this truth 149 / General Recovery 155 / Ancient Philosophers and Ancient Theologians on General Restoration 155 / Views of researchers on the attitude of St. Gregory of Nyssa to the general restoration 158 / Some Remarks on the Teaching of St. Gregory of Nyssa on General Restoration 160 / Conclusions 176 / Immortal life. 180 Kingdom of God 181 / Creation Renewal 182 / Continuous development in the next century 189 / Eschatology in time 198 / Interpretation of the definition "eschatology" 198 / Time in the Orthodox Perception 200 / The past and present of eschatology 203 / Afterword 216 / Appendix 222 / Kingdom Supper 222 / About ordeals 223 / About out-of-body experiences 224 / Life after Death 227 / I. The Imaginary and Real Foundations of the Universal Belief in the Personal Immortality of Man 227 / II. Evidence of personal immortality. Proof is theological 236 / III. The proof is psychological 243 / IV. The proof is metaphysical. The existence and nature of the soul as an indestructible creative and active force of consciousness 249 / V. Life of the soul after death. Outer and inner body 263 / VI. The question of the posthumous fate of sinful souls. Analysis of the hypotheses of conditional immortality, universal salvation, eternal torment of sins in renunciation of sinners. The doctrine of the eternal torment of sinners 280 / VII. Analysis of the reincarnation hypothesis 301 / Literature on the Immortality of the Soul and the Afterlife 306 / The Sacrament of Confession and Life After Death According to the Teachings of the Holy Fathers 313 / Confessor and confession 313 / Foreword 313 / Part I. Repentance and Confession 314 / 1. "Open the door of repentance" 314 / The greatest feat 315 / 2. Repentance and confession 315 / When there is repentance 316 / When there is no repentance 316 / Confession without repentance 317 / 3. Forgiveness of sins 318 / Christ paid for us. 318 Confession to the priests 319 / 4. Public repentance 320 / Abolition of public confession 321 / 5. Then and now 321 / What is confession? 322 / Hidden Heroes 323 / 6. Confession and frequent communion 323 / 7. Celebration of the sacrament of confession 324 / Confessing 324 / 8. Correct confession 325 / Self-reproach 325 / How long should confession take? 325 / After confession 326 / Clarifications 326 / 9. "Relief" 326 / When you "forget" your sins 327 / Or maybe to another confessor? 327 / Please read the prayer 327 / 10. Penances 328 / How Penances Are Assigned 328 / 11. Will be bound in heaven (Mt. 18:18) 329 / 12. Why do you despair? 330 / Even if a thousand times... 330 / 13. How are pangs of conscience treated? 331 / Part II. Confessor and Confessor 331 / 1. Confessor 331 / How is it correct? 332 / 2. At confession 333 / “He will not quench the smoking flax” (Mt. 12:20) 333 / “He will not break a bruised reed” (Matthew 12:20) 333 / 3. Self-criticism 334 / From the heart 334 / Advice 334 / Fathers or tyrants? 335 / Punishment! 335 / 4. Kind old man 335 / Example 336 / In search of "old men" 336 / 5. Exaggerated demands 337 / Apostle Paul 337 / 6. "Ask your father" (Deut. 32:7) 338 / Attention! 339 / 7. "He doesn't understand me!..." 339 / Can you "change" it? 340 / 8. Obedience 340 / 9. Monk and obedience 341 / Complete nonsense! 341 / 10. Dangerous Obedience…! 342 / 11. If you condemn the confessor 343 / Incorruptible Court 343 / Part III. Confession and mental disorders. 344 1. Soul and psychiatry 344 / The intelligent part of the soul 345 / 2. The role of the priest 345 / 3. Depression or discouragement? 347 / 4. Spiritual or psychopathological? 347 / And it can also manifest itself in disbelief. 348 / 5. Confession and psychoanalysis 349 / 6. Good psychoanalyst 350 / 7. Elder and guru 351 / Elder in the Church 351 / After death 352 / Part I 353 1. Our feeble mind 353 / Mirages of the mind 353 / 2. Eternity is a mystery! 354 / Misadventures of the first people 355 / 3. About the soul 355 / The existence of the soul 356 / Soul Essence 356 / Soul Immortality 357 / 4. Soul after death 357 / Rebirth of the soul 358 / At the speed of light 358 5. How do you know? 359 / "Did not know? Did you ask? 359 / Did you die? 360 / Come to the source of truth 360 / 6. Has anyone come from there? 361 / Evidence 361 / 7. Obstacles - passions and sins! 362 / Pure life 362 / Part II 363 / 1. God did not create death 363 / 2. In the face of death. 364 Dancing! 364 / Right attitude towards death 365 / 3. Memory of death. 365 Became a different person! 366 / 4. Is death accidental? 366 / Come on Sunday 366 / The suffering of the martyrs 367 / 5. Good and evil death. 367 good death 368 / "Death of sinners..." 368 / 6. Untimely death 369 / Stop on an inclined plane 369 / He preempts evil 369 / Why? 370 / 7. Tragic death - the will of God? 371 / He respects our choice 372 / means of salvation 372 / 8. Suicide 373 / Is a funeral permitted? 373 / Grace of the Lord 374 / Commemorations, litia and more 374 / 9. Memory of death. 374 Fear is a natural property 375 / The power of Christ 375 / 10. Exodus of the soul 375 / Fear of the unknown 376 / Soul out! 376 / Demons 376 / Grace 377 / 11. When the soul does not come out 377 / If he was cursed by someone 377 / If he offended anyone 377 / Last chance for repentance 378 / 12. Mourning and "dressing up" the deceased 378 / Mourning 379 / "Dressing up" 379 / Decoration - harm to the soul! 379 / 13. Should I cry? 380 / How should we cry 380 / The soul finds solace! 381 / 14. Funeral 381 In the center of the temple 381 / 15. Burial of a saint and a sinner 382 / Funeral-holiday 382 / Funeral-longing 383 / 16. Into the coffin 383 / Body, not soul! 383 / Grave: the last dwelling! 384 / Where does the soul find rest? 384 / Where does she find peace? 384 / 17. Incorruptible bodies 385 / If he was unfair to someone 385 / Excommunication or Curse 386 / Joy for the soul 386 / Part III 387 / 1. Ordeals 387 / Auxiliaries 388 / Righteous 389 / 2. After ordeals 389 / Excursion 389 / Judge's verdict 390 / private court 390 3. Doesn't want to come back 391 / "Don't worry about me, mom!" 391 / 4. Tortured in hell 391 / Do they remember us? 392 / Do they communicate with each other? 392 / 5. Saved, do they know each other? 393 / Do they remember us? 393 / Babies. 394 / Do the saved remember the tormented? 394 / Part IV 395 / 1. Means to propitiate God 395 / Last Hope 395 / Return 396 / 2. God also waits! 396 / They don't have free will 397 / "Wrath" of God. 397 3. Prayers, offerings and more 397 / Liturgical Commemoration 107 398 / Fasting and prayer 398 / Candle 398 / On the grave: a lamp and lithium 398 / 4. Repentance and charity 399 / Repentance 399 / Alms 399 / 5. Forgiveness 400 / What if you don't make it? 400 / What if he doesn't make it? 400 / 6. Prayers of the Church 401 / Saturdays 401 / 7. Proskomedia (Divine Liturgy) 402 / The Drunken Priest's Commemoration 403 / commemoration 403 / 8. Some clarifications 404 / Alms? 404 / When should the commemoration be made? 404 / When are funerals not allowed? 405 / Divine Communion 405 / 9. How do souls benefit? 405 / In Paradise 405 / In Hell 406 / 10. From Hell to Heaven 406 / 11. Is it possible? 407 / Attention! 408 / Part V 409 / 1. The coming of the Antichrist 409 / His upbringing and occupation 409 / Divine Providence 410 / 2. "And the packs of the future ..." 410 / Cleansing, Cooking Nature 410 / Coming of Christ 411 / 3. "Judge the living and the dead" 412 / With your Bodies 412 / On the Road to Hell 413 / 4. Who and how will be judged 413 / Who will be judged? 413 / Average, negligent, sinners 414 / 5. Unbaptized, how will they be judged? 414 / Pagans 415 / Unbaptized Babies 415 / Where will they go? 415 / 6. "I have tea for the resurrection of the dead" 416 / What is the problem 416 / The bodies of the righteous 416 / Bodies of sinners 417 / 7. Paradise. 417 / Paradise Joy 417 / Eating and Satisfying 418 / Degrees 418 / Continuous improvement 418 / 8. Premature ordeal of hellish torment 419 / Rejecting God is heartbreak! 419 / Evil will 420 / 9. Darkness and gnashing of teeth 420 / "Crying and Gritting of Teeth" 421 / Fire and darkness 421 / Get away from me... 422 / 10. Hellish torment, baptism and the priesthood 422 / Immersed in fire 423 / 11. Hellish torment and the Second Coming 423 / End of prayers 423 / With legions of demons 424 / The worst of Punishments 424 / 12. Questions 425 / Afterword 427 For them there is only one Doctor, bodily and spiritually, Born (gennetos) and unborn ( agennetos ), God in the flesh In death is true life, From Mary and from God First subject to suffering (pathetos) , and then not subject to suffering (apathes), Our Lord Jesus Christ
| Author | : Richard Beck |
| Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 147 |
| Release | : 2013-12-23 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1620327775 |
According to Hebrews, the Son of God appeared to "break the power of him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil--and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death." What does it mean to be enslaved, all our lives, to the fear of death? And why is this fear described as "the power of the devil"? And most importantly, how are we--as individuals and as faith communities--to be set free from this slavery to death?In another creative interdisciplinary fusion, Richard Beck blends Eastern Orthodox perspectives, biblical text, existential psychology, and contemporary theology to describe our slavery to the fear of death, a slavery rooted in the basic anxieties of self-preservation and the neurotic anxieties at the root of our self-esteem. Driven by anxiety--enslaved to the fear of death--we are revealed to be morally and spiritually vulnerable as "the sting of death is sin." Beck argues that in the face of this predicament, resurrection is experienced as liberation from the slavery of death in the martyrological, eccentric, cruciform, and communal capacity to overcome fear in living fully and sacrificially for others.
| Author | : Jean-Claude Larchet |
| Publisher | : Printshop of St Job of Pochaev |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 2021-09 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 9780884654773 |
This book is an accessible and well organised synthesis of the ancient Christian understanding of death and the afterlife. It will benefit all who desire to understand the classical Christian teaching of what lies beyond our temporal life.
| Author | : J. Todd Billings |
| Publisher | : Brazos Press |
| Total Pages | : 245 |
| Release | : 2015-02-10 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1441222901 |
At the age of thirty-nine, Christian theologian Todd Billings was diagnosed with a rare form of incurable cancer. In the wake of that diagnosis, he began grappling with the hard theological questions we face in the midst of crisis: Why me? Why now? Where is God in all of this? This eloquently written book shares Billings's journey, struggle, and reflections on providence, lament, and life in Christ in light of his illness, moving beyond pat answers toward hope in God's promises. Theologically robust yet eminently practical, it engages the open questions, areas of mystery, and times of disorientation in the Christian life. Billings offers concrete examples through autobiography, cultural commentary, and stories from others, showing how our human stories of joy and grief can be incorporated into the larger biblical story of God's saving work in Christ.
| Author | : Nikolaos Vasiliadis |
| Publisher | : Vladimir Djambov |
| Total Pages | : 449 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Religion |
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“Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. https://vidjambov.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-inventory-vladimir-djambov-talmach.html Table of Contents "The hard-hitting Extortionist of the Human Race" 6 / Question that Amaze Man 6 / Inborn Fear of Death 8 / The Greatest Mystery of the Wisdom of God 10 / Secular Philosophy about Death 15 / The unholy Humiliation of Man 15 / Mythological and Naive Representations 17 / Tombstones of the Ancient Greeks 19 / "Soul-rending Sadness" and "Concern for Death" 21 / Ambiguities and Contradictions 24 / Sorrow and Despondency 26 / Doubt and Limitation 30 / Death Invades the World 37 / Blissful Life of the Primordial 37 / Death is Connected to the Problem of our Freedom 40 / First Rebellion on Earth 42 / Death Sentence 'Confirmed on the same Day' 46 / Spiritual Death 49 / The Natural Consequence of our Crime is Bodily Death. 51 / Universal Phenomenon 55 / Just Us and No one else! 58 / “What a Feat Lies Ahead for the Soul!” 62 / Separation of Soul and Body 64 / Punishment Becomes a Boon 74 / So that We May Not Sin Forever 74 / Death Subdues our Vanity 76 / The Destruction of the Body is a Blessing 78 / Incitement to Sound Wisdom 80 / The Field of Martyrdom Opens up to us 82 / God Gives Hope 84 / God's Love for Mankind Transforms us "For the Better" 87 / The Incarnation of God the Word is the Beginning of the Abolition of Death 92 / “since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead” 92 / The Perfect Sinlessness of the Lord 96 / The Lord Opened up the Way to Heaven for us 98 / The Lord Destroys Death 100 / Omens of the Resurrection 103 / Crucifixion is the Abolition of Death 109 / Christ Died for All 109 / He Gives Life to People and Creation 113 / He is Crucified where Death Reigned 116 / "From Death we have Become Immortal" 118 / The Lord's Descent into Hell 124 / Victory Extends to Hell 124 / The Descent of Christ into Hell 126 “Give the Body, and Reproach God” 131 / Went down to Hell like a Winner 134 / "Bridge to New Life" 137 / [He] Made Hell into Heaven! 139 / Sunday - Ascension – Pentecost 146 / The Victory has been Approved 146 / Perfect and Shining in Eternity 148 / Direct and Visible Results 151 / "God and People United in one Race" 155 / [He] Gave us the Grace of the Holy Spirit 158 / Death Before and After Christ 163 / Death was Terrible before Christ 163 / Death Was "Intolerable and Worthy of Much Lamentation" 165 / Now it "only Bears the Name of Death" 166 / Only the Devil has "Remained Truly Dead"! 168 / Ignorance of the Hour of Death is a Boon! 173 / The Hour of Death is Unknown 173 / Why is the Hour of Death Hidden from us? 175 / Fear of Death 181 / Who is Afraid of Death?. 181 How to Overcome the Fear of Death? 185 / Death is the Door to Eternity 185 / "Cry but Be Quiet" 186 / Godly Behavior Concerning Death 188 / A Christian Thinks Creatively about Death 195 / "Calm down, Take a Look and See" 195 / "Where is the Self-satisfied Man?" 197 / "Look and Cry" 199 / May we Accept it as a Fruit of "Complacency and Constant Joy" 201 / Memory is Mortal 205 / Let's Remember Death 205 / Sin No More 207 / Strengthening Power 210 / The Memory of Death Combines Many Virtues 212 / What do the Tombs Teach us? 216 / "Let's go to the Coffins" 216 / Tombs of the Martyrs 218 / “Pray Often at the Graves” 219 / Death of Martyrs 222 / And death can be Better than Life 222 / "Root, Source and Mother of all Blessings" 224 / How do the Holy Fathers Comfort us? 227 / Death of our Loved Ones 227 / About Grief for a Spouse 229 / "Shall I Not Mourn my Son?" 234 / "Have you Lost your Son? Give Thanks to God" 238 / Blessed is the Death of Babies 241 / Which Death is Good and Which is Bad 249 / Is a Cruel and Unjust Death Bad? 249 / Death of Sinners 250 / Death of the Righteous 254 / Burial Rites (following) 259 / The Most Sorrowful Following of Our Church 259 / "Immaculate" 261 / Troparion according to the Immaculate 263 Tears, Sobs, Doubts, Hopes 265 / Beatitudes and New Testament Readings 268 / Farewell and Last Kissing 272 / “You Gaping Earth, Receive what has been created of You” 276 / Trial of Souls in Ordeals 280 / The Silent Beginning of the Future Life 280 / The Dying [ones] see the "Angelic Powers" 282 / Both Sinful and Righteous Souls are Tested at Ordeals 284 / Uncertain State of Souls 292 / The Soul Exists and Acts Without a Body 292 / Where do Souls Live after Death? 294 / Temporary Awaiting State 297 / How do Souls Live There? 300 / The Departed Know and Pray for us 302 / God Reveals Our Needs to the Righteous 306 / Sacred Commemoration of the Dead 311 / Prayers for the Dead 311 / Memorial Services 313 / Parental Saturdays and Kutya 315 / Are Commemorations of the Dead Beneficial? 317 / Good Deeds in Memory of the Dead 323 / Resurrection of the Dead 329 / The Idea of "Reincarnation" is Meaningless and Naïve 329 / Does Purgatory Exist? 331 / "I Await the Resurrection of the Dead" 333 / The Resurrection of Bodies Requires God's Justice 338 / We Should Rejoice when the Body is Destroyed 340 / [ι] Resurrection of Dead Bodies 342 / What will the Body be like when it is resurrected? 353 / With New Properties: Imperishable, Radiant, Eternal 353 / General Judgment 364 / There Will be Judgment 364 / Who Shall be the Judge? 369 / All Nations will Gather 371 / How will the Judgment Take Place? 376 / Immortal Death 383 / Does Hell Exist? 383 / What are the Punishments of Hell? 388 / Why is Hell Eternal? 393 / Eternal Paradise 409 / Future Kingdom 409 / Unspeakable and Incomprehensible Beauty 411 / The Deification of Man. 413 Bliss of the Righteous 416 / Endless Joy of Paradise 420 / The Longed Life of the Righteous 422 / Joyful Meeting 425 / The Happiness of the Righteous will be Endless 428 / The End of the World 436 / Behold, I Make All Things New (Rev. 21:5) 436 / About the Author 445 / List of abbreviations 445 Get into the timing. Wait for the One who is above time Timeless (achronos), invisible (aoratos), But for us made visible (oratos); Intangible (apselaphetos), of the impassive (apathes), But for us who have suffered (pathetos)
| Author | : Seraphim Rose |
| Publisher | : St. Xenia Skete Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Future life |
| ISBN | : 9780938635147 |
Perhaps no other religious topic has engaged the human mind and heart so completely as the fate of the soul after death. In this spiritual and ultimately humane investigation, Fr. Seraphim Rose presents the principal beliefs of the early church fathers and then reaches beyond the Christian tradition to examine ideas drawn from The Tibetan Book of the Dead, the writings of Emmanuel Swedenborg, the "astral plane" of Theosophy, the out-of-body experiences of Robert Monroe, and the spiritual encounters of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. This is a comprehensive treatment of a subject that touches every human heart.
| Author | : David Bentley Hart |
| Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 120 |
| Release | : 2011-03-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0802866867 |
As news reports of the horrific December 2004 tsunami in Asia reached the rest of the world, commentators were quick to seize upon the disaster as proof of either God s power or God s nonexistence, asking over and over, How could a good and loving God if such exists allow such suffering? In The Doors of the Sea David Bentley Hart speaks at once to those skeptical of Christian faith and to those who use their Christian faith to rationalize senseless human suffering. He calls both to recognize in the worst catastrophes not the providential will of God but rather the ongoing struggle between the rebellious powers that enslave the world and the God who loves it wholly.
