Reconfiguring Thomistic Christology

"Eschatology" describes not simply the final judgment, but also the inauguration of the kingdom of God by the Messiah, who mission included fulfilling God's covenants, restoring God's people, and renewing God's Temple. Drawing together Scripture, the Fathers, and Aquinas, the author presents Jesus Christ as the "eschatological" or "New" Adam, Isaac, Moses, Joshua, and David"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Contemporary Thomistic Christology; 2. Christ the New Adam: The New Creation; 3. Christ the New Isaac: The Eschatological Temple; 4. Christ the New Moses: The Eschatological Exodus; 5. Christ the New Joshua: The Eschatological Promised Land; 6. Christ the New David: The Eschatological Kingdom; Conclusion.

About the author

Matthew Levering holds the James N. and Mary D. Perry Jr. Chair of Theology at Mundelein Seminary. He is the author of Aquinas's Eschatological Ethics and the Virtue of Temperance (2019) and Paul in the 'Summa Theologiae' (2014), and the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of the Reception of Aquinas (2021).

Summary

Unites eschatologically charged biblical Christology with metaphysical and dogmatic Thomistic Christology. 'Eschatology' describes not simply the final judgment, but also the inauguration of the kingdom of God by the Messiah, who mission included fulfilling God's covenants, restoring God's people, and renewing God's Temple.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Levering, Matthew (University of St Mary of the La Levering, Matthew (University of St Mary of the Lake Levering, Levering Matthew
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781009221450
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0922145-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Current Issues in Theology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; RELIGION / Theology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology