Purgatory

Philosophical Dimensions
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-57890-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 325 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

This book examines the concept of Purgatory. However, in contradistinction to the many monographs and edited volumes published in the past 50 years devoted to historical, cultural, or theological treatments of Purgatory—especially in proportion to the voluminous output on Heaven and Hell—this collection features papers by philosophers and other scholars engaged specifically in philosophical argument, debate, and dialogue involving conceptions of Purgatory and related ideas. It exists to broaden the discussion beyond the prevailing trends in the academic literature and fills an important intellectual gap.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCraw, Benjamin W.

Vanhoutte, Kristof

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Purgatory, Atonement, and the Self.- 3. Religious and Paranormal Experiences as Evidence for Purgatory.- 4.  In the Twinkling of an Eye.- 5.  Purgatory’s Temporality.- 6. Indulgent Love.- 7. Leibniz, Purgatory, and Universal Salvation.- 8. Mirror Geography: On the Emergence of Purgatory and the City.- 9.  Climbing up to Heaven: the Hermetic Option.- 10.   Poetry as Purgatorial: Dante and the Language(s) of Purgatory.- 11.  Aquinas and the Possibility of a Probable Reasoned Argument for the Existence of Purgatory.- 12.  The Body in Crisis: Contemporary Articulation of Purgatory.- 13. Praying for the Dead: An Ecumenical Proposal.- 14.. On the Metaphysics of Economics and Purgatory.- 15. Issues of Impermanence: Christian and Early Buddhist Contemplations of Time.- 16. The Purification of Doubt: Is it Better to Exist in Purgatory?.

Über Autor(innen)

Kristof K.P. Vanhoutte is Invited Professor of philosophy at the Pontifical University Antonianum, Rome, Italy and Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He started his studies in Philosophy at the Higher Institute for Philosophy at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium and obtained his PHD in Philosophy at the Pontifical University Antonianum, Rome, Italy. He studied Spiritual Theology at the Pontifical University Gregoriana, and was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities of the University of Edinburgh. In 2010 he was awarded the 'European Philosophy from Kant to the Present Prize', issued by the University of Kentucky. He has published on topics ranging from continental philosophy, patristics, theology-philosophy-politics interdependencies, educational theory, to football.  

Benjamin W. McCraw teaches philosophy at the University of South Carolina Upstate.  His research focuses primarily on epistemology and philosophy of religion.  He’s published articles in the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy and Theology, Social Epistemology, and Logos and Episteme as well as co-editor of The Concept of Hell, Philosophical Approaches to the Devil,  The Problem of Evil: New Philosophical Directions, and Philosophical Approaches to Demonology