Jeremiah Mutie

Death and Afterlife in Medieval Christian Thought

An Introduction and Comparative Analysis

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Produktbeschreibung

Death and Afterlife in Medieval Christian Thought explores how medieval Christians conceived the changing ideas of death and what happens thereafter to both the material and immaterial aspects of a person.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032602851
• ISBN-10: 1032602856
• Artikelnr.: 73492764

Autorenporträt

Jeremiah Mutie is Professor of Theology and Church History at Southern California Seminary, USA. He is the author of Death in Second-Century Christian Thought: The Meaning of Death in Earliest Christianity and The Quest for Early Church Historiography: From Ferdinand C. Baur to Bart D. Ehrman and Beyond and several articles and essays on the history of Christianity. He holds ThM and PhD from Dallas Theological Seminary, USA. When he is not researching and teaching, Dr. Mutie spends his time with his family cooking and playing games.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Backgrounds of Conceptions of Death in Medieval Christian
Thought: The Forming of the Clouds
Chapter 2: The Rise of the Cult of the Saints and the Doctrine of Purgatory
Chapter 3: Death and Afterlife in Medieval Western Christian Thought:
Attitudes, Beliefs, Practices and Remembrance of the Dead
Chapter 4: Death and Afterlife in Medieval Eastern Christian Thought:
Beliefs, Practices, Comparisons and Contrasts with the West
Conclusion
Index