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"This panoramic study makes Augustine's theology of the resurrection accessible to students and scholars of theology, religious studies, and late antiquity. Contextualizing Augustine within the early Church and the intellectual and religious cultures of the late Roman Empire, it provides a penetrating analyses of his theological articulations."-- Provided by publisher.

"In this volume, Augustine M. Reisenauer, O.P., provides a comprehensive study of Augustine's theology of the resurrection, the human return from death to life. Contextualizing Augustine within the early Church and the intellectual and religious cultures of the late Roman Empire, he interrogates the development of Augustine's thoughts on the historical Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the spiritual resurrection of the soul in time, and the fleshly resurrection of the body at the end of time. Augustine offers profound insights into issues of personal and communal identity, human continuity and transformation, historical and eschatological events, and the God of the resurrection. He also elaborates a biblical paradigm that acknowledges how the resurrected Christ offers an intrinsic participation in his paschal mystery to the souls and bodies of the rest of humanity. Proposing fresh ideas regarding a central topic in Christian theology, Reisenauer's study also reveals Augustine's defenses of the resurrection against its pagan, philosophical and heretical opponents." -- Back cover.

Introduction

I. Early considerations of the resurrection: The adumbration of the resurrection ; The restoration of humanity to the pristine stability of paradise ; The transmutation of human flesh into an angelic body

II. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: The enduring reality of Christ's resurrected flesh ; The encounter with Christ's resurrected flesh ; The sacramentality and exemplarity of Christ's resurrected flesh

III. The resurrection of the human spirit: The contents of the spiritual resurrection ; The spiritual resurrection of Augustine's soul ; Extreme expressions of the spiritual resurrection

IV. The resurrection of human flesh: The future event of the fleshly resurrection ; The fleshly resurrection of the damned ; The fleshly resurrection of the saints

Epilogue: Augustine advancing toward the resurrection.

Resurrection > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.