Transfiguration /
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| Author / Creator: | Lee, Dorothy A., author. |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York, New York : Continuum, 2004. ©2004 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (169 pages). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New Century Theology New century theology. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11230179 |
| Summary: | Dorothy Lee argues passionately for restoring the study of The Transfiguration to the centre of the theological stage, and she succeeds triumphantly. Whereas a theology of transfiguration has long been an essential part of the Eastern theologoical tradition, it has often seemed strange to our Western rational minds.The book argues that the transfiguration functions as an epiphany revealing Jesus' true identity and also an apocalyptic vision, depicting God's transforming future. A chapter is devoted to each of the four New Testament narratives of the transfiguration, setting the story within the wider literary and theological framework of the text. Traces of the transfiguration are examined in other parts of the New Testament, particularly in The Gospel of John, where the symbolism is close to that of the transfiguration. Finally, the author draws out the symbolism and theological implications of the transfiguration for an understanding of Christ, God's radical future and the transformation of all creation, drawing on the icons of Eastern Christianity and Western theologies of beauty.This book is a small masterpiece and a model of clarity and lucid exposition. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (169 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781441122193 1441122192 9780826475954 0826475957 9781472550187 1472550188 |