Saving paradise : how Christianity traded love of this world for crucifixion and empire

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Title:

Saving paradise : how Christianity traded love of this world for crucifixion and empire

Author:

Brock, Rita Nakashima.

Personal Author:

Brock, Rita Nakashima.

Publication Information:

Boston : Beacon Press, [2008]

Physical Description:

xxii, 552 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

In the beginning ... paradise on the earth -- In the beginning ... God so generously loved -- So great a cloud -- The church as paradise in this world -- The portal to paradise -- The beautiful feast of life -- Gods seeing God -- Hidden treasures of wisdom -- The expulsion of paradise -- Peace by the blood of the cross -- Dying for love -- Escape routes -- Weeping encounters -- The struggle for paradise.

Subject Term:

Theology -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.

Theology -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Paradise -- Christianity -- History of doctrines.

Nature -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.

Creation.

Added Author:

Parker, Rebecca Ann.

ISBN:

9780807067505

Format :

Book