Heaven Can Wait: Purgatory in Catholic Devotional and Popular Culture

by Diana Walsh Pasulka, D W Pasulka, Diana Walsh Pasulka

After purgatory was officially defined by the Catholic Church in the thirteenth century, its location became a topic of heated debate and philosophical speculation: Was purgatory located on the earth, or within it? Were its fires real or figurative?

Diana Walsh Pasulka offers a groundbreaking historical exploration of spatial and material concepts of purgatory, beginning with scholastic theologians William of Auvergne and Thomas Aquinas, who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195382021
• ISBN13: 9780195382020
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.5"