Leven voor de dood: Aanzetten tot een christelijke thanatologie
Popular literature shows the need for a contemporary art of dying. This article argues for a Christian thanatology that engages modern phenomena such as near-death-experiences, end-of-life legislation and an imagination that cannot envisions life beyond death. Reformed sources provide three elements...
| Subtitles: | "Leven na de dood" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Dutch |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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University of Groningen Press
2021
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| In: |
Theologia reformata
Year: 2021, Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Pages: 389-400 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture NBE Anthropology NBQ Eschatology |
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| Summary: | Popular literature shows the need for a contemporary art of dying. This article argues for a Christian thanatology that engages modern phenomena such as near-death-experiences, end-of-life legislation and an imagination that cannot envisions life beyond death. Reformed sources provide three elements for a Christian thanatology: (a) death as the boundary of human existence; (b) a spiritual attitude toward death; and (c) death and as an eccentric existence. A Christian thanatology moves beyond a systematic-theological exploration of the "last things" to offer a "practical eschatology" able to relate Christian imagination with cultural expressions. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theologia reformata
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.21827/TR.64.4.389-400 |