Jesus and the Demise of Death: Resurrection, Afterlife, and the Fate of the Christian

by Matthew Levering

Book Overview

What happens after death to Jesus and to those who follow him? Jesus and the Demise of Death offers a constructive theology that seeks to answer that very question, carefully considering both Jesus' descent into hell and eventual resurrection as integral parts of a robust vision of the Christian bodily resurrection. Taking on the claims of N.T. Wright and Richard B. Hays, Matthew Levering draws strongly upon the work of Thomas Aquinas to propose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602584478
• ISBN13: 9781602584471
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher