Life Hereafter: The Rise and Decline of a Tradition

Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
	References
Chapter 2: God, Creation, and the Biblical Moral Order
	Creation and Covenants
	From the Patriarchs of Israel to the Fathers of the Church
	References
Chapter 3: From Sheol to the Resurrection of the Dead
	The Afterlife: From Genesis to the New Testament
	The Invention of Satan and His Kingdom of Darkness
	References
Chapter 4: Greek Themes: From Homer to Plato and Aristotle
	Poets and Presocratics
	Plato and Aristotle: A Dispute About Body and Soul
	References
Chapter 5: Salvation or Damnation: From Paul to Augustine
	Origen: Universal Salvation
	Augustine: Freedom, Original Sin, Predestination, and Pelagianism
	References
Chapter 6: Thomas Aquinas: Body and Soul
	Platonism: The Soul as Subsistent, Immortal, Created by God
	Aristotelianism: The Soul as Form of the Body
	References
Chapter 7: Thomas Aquinas: Life in the World to Come
	The Salvation of Souls
	Bodily Resurrection and Judgement: Reward and Punishment
	References
Chapter 8: Eschatology: From Dante to the Secular Age
	The Reformation Era: Disputed Authority
	Ethics, Religion, and Practical Reason in Modernity
	References
Chapter 9: Eschatology Now: The Catholic Case
	A Crisis in Eschatology
	A Traditional Church Response
	References
Chapter 10: Last Things
	Biblical Testimony and Philosophical Queries
	Faith and the Limits of Knowledge: Kierkegaard and Socrates
	References
Bibliography
Index