| Description |
xxii, 552 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-515) and index. |
| Contents |
In the beginning-- paradise on the earth -- In the beginning-- God so generously loved -- So great a cloud -- The Church as paradise in this world -- The portal to paradise -- The beautiful feast of life -- Gods seeing God -- Hidden treasures of wisdom -- The expulsion of paradise -- Peace by the blood of the cross -- Dying for love -- Escape routes -- Weeping encounters -- The struggle for paradise. |
| Summary |
"Saving Paradise offers a new lens on the history of Christianity, from its first centuries to the present day, and asks how its early vision of beauty evolved into one of torture. In tracing the changes in society and theology that marked the medieval emergence of images of Christ crucified, Saving Paradise exposes the imperial strategies embedded in theologies of redemptive violence and sheds new light on Christianity's turn to holy war. It reveals how the New World, established through Christian conquest and colonization, is haunted by the loss of a spiritual understanding of paradise here and now." --Book Jacket. |
| Subject |
Theology -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
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Theology -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Paradise -- Christianity -- History of doctrines.
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Nature -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Creation.
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| Added Author |
Parker, Rebecca Ann.
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| ISBN |
9780807067543 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780807067505 (alk. paper) |
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0807067504 (alk. paper) |
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0807067547 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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