Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition
Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition Winner of the Christianity Today Book Award in Theology/EthicsTo see God is our heart's desire, our final purpose in life. And exactly how do we…
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Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition
Winner of the Christianity Today Book Award in Theology/EthicsTo see God is our heart's desire, our final purpose in life. And exactly how do we see God--with our physical eyes or with the mind's eye? But what does it mean to see God?
In examining what Christian thinkers throughout history have written about the beatific vision, Boersma explores how God trains us to see his character by transforming our eyes and minds, highlighting continuity from this world to the next. In this informed study of the beatific vision, Hans Boersma focuses on "vision" as a living metaphor and shows how the vision of God is not just a future but a present reality.Seeing God is both a historical theology and a dogmatic articulation of the beatific vision--of how the invisible God becomes visible to us. Christ-centered, sacramental, and ecumenical,
Christian Tradition
Christian Tradition
Christian Tradition
Christian Tradition
Christian Tradition
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