Ascension and Ecclesia: On the Significance of the Doctrine of the Ascension for Ecclesiology and Christian Cosmology

by Douglas B. Farrow

Book Overview

This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable.

Recent theology offers few attempts to come to grips with the meaning and implications of the ascension of Jesus.

Professor Farrow makes his approach through the scriptures, the Eucharistic liturgy, the fathers and the reformers, before tracing his subject into modern times. He not only demonstrates that the doctrine of the ascension has played a much larger role...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802827918
• ISBN13: 9780802827913
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.8"