Preface 1.Thinking about the Church 2.The Ascension as Story and Metaphor 3.Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies I 4.Cosmologies and Ecclesiologies II 5.Where is Jesus? 6.Church at the Crossroads Appendices Bibliography Index
Douglas Farrow is Professor of Christian Thought, McGill University, Montreal.
"A key study of an important but neglected topic. Farrow
demonstrates admirably how much in theology depends upon a right
approach to the ascension." --Professor Miroslav Volf, Yale
University
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"This is a most important book. Professor Farrow's meticulous
scholarship and penetrating theological judgement will together
guarantee this study a long life and widespread influence."
--Professor Colin E. Gunton, Kings College London
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"By reclaiming the ecclesiological and sacramental significance of
the ascension this book takes a great step forward in the recovery
of the full breadth of the economy of salvation. It is nothing less
than a theological breakthrough." --Professor Ellen Charry,
Princeton Theological Seminary
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"This book spurs both hope for its promised successor and
re-examination of the whole tradition of theology and church
history with the fresh insight of its vision." -Theology
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"There is no doubt that this book is a major achievement in
theological thought, and that it will be the natural starting point
for future discussion of the subject. If it succeeds in putting the
Ascension back on the theological map, so much the better. The
church has much to thank Dr Farrow for, and we can only hope that
this book will enjoy a long life and wide influence which it so
clearly deserves." -Churchman
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"The thesis of this learned and ambitious book is difficult to
state briefly, but it embraces the significance of the Ascension of
Christ for Christology..., eschatology..., and the character of the
church...This is a fine book, but not for the fainthearted."
-Anvil
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"Don't be put off by a title on the 'Ascension': there are big
issues at stake in this book that warrant serious attention and
cannot easily be dismissed. And even if one still has not palate
for this doctrine in particular, the issues of the relationship
between Christ and the church that Douglas Farrow here explores is
of such obvious importance to Christian theology that his book
remains insightful and valuable anyway. Even those who think that
the doctrine of the Ascension is doomed to failure should therefore
read this book." --Reviews in Religion and Theology
*Reviews in Religion and Theology*
" A beautifully written, challenging, informative, tenaciously
argued, meticulously documented and provocative book. This book
will affect all future discussions of the ascension and
ecclesiology." --Scottish Journal of Theology
*Scottish Journal of Theology*
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