Hebblethwaite, Brian. <br/><br/>
The Christian Hope  [electronic resource] / 
Brian Hebblethwaite. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2010. 
 - 1 online resource (258 p.) 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Marshall Morgan & Scott, 1984. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Part One. The Hope of Israel and the First Christians -- Part Two. The Classical Christian Hope -- Part Three. The Christian Hope in the Modern Age -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical Passages -- Index of Names and Topics. 
<br/><br/> What does it mean to hope for heaven? Brian Hebblethwaite traces the background to the Christian hope in the faith of Israel, examines its primary basis in the acts of God in the story of Jesus Christ, and follows the history of Christian attitudes to the future of humanity and of creation throughout the Christian centuries. The Christian Hope tells the complex story of the different strands, emphases and problems that have developed between biblical times and our own in the quest to understand 'the four last things' -death, judgement, heaven and hell. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780191613029 (electronic bk.) 0191613029 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hope--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Future life--Christianity.<br/>Christianity.<br/>Future life -- Christianity.<br/>Hope -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.<br/>Hope -- Religious aspects.<br/>Religion.<br/>RELIGION / Faith
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV4638  / .H38 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>234/.25