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Theology and Issues of Life and Death
John Heywood Thomas
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"Does theology have any relevance to the problem of life and death?" According to John Heywood Thomas the answer is an unequivocal yes. A largely personal expression of this conviction precedes the argument's exposition, which is then stated first of all quite generally - that nothing human is alien to theology's concern. Three main issues are considered: the unborn life, death as an event in life, and the possibility of global death. The issue of a life before birth is a complex problem, requiring as much awareness of philosophical issues as of relevant empirical factors. The same kind of multifaceted ... Read more
"Does theology have any relevance to the problem of life and death?" According to John Heywood Thomas the answer is an unequivocal yes. A largely personal expression of this conviction precedes the argument's exposition, which is then stated first of all quite generally - that nothing human is alien to theology's concern. Three main issues are considered: the unborn life, death as an event in life, and the possibility of global death. The issue of a life before birth is a complex problem, requiring as much awareness of philosophical issues as of relevant empirical factors. The same kind of multifaceted ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780227174203
SKU
V9780227174203
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About John Heywood Thomas
John Heywood Thomas, Emeritus Professor of Nottingham University, was Head of its Department of Theology and successively Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Arts Faculty. He had taught previously at the University of Manchester, Episcopal Seminary Austin, Texas, and the University of Durham. Described by Paul Tillich as his "logical critic", he has written studies of Tillich as well as ... Read more
Reviews for Theology and Issues of Life and Death
"In Theology and Issues of Life and Death, the veteran Welsh theologian Professor John Heywood Thomas has gathered together lectures... and mostly unpublished paper." The Revd Robin Gill, Church Times, October 2014 It has provided me with insight into Heywood Thomas's thinking as he demonstrates that theology is of temporal as well as eternal use, and how it can ... Read more